The name of God...
Mar 03, 1995 05:51 AM
by IXCHEL
Alan writes about the tetragrammaton:
>(..."God," in Hebrew, is a four letter word) rendered
>by theologians etc. as YHWH (formerly Jehovah). This
>"name" is in fact an unusual rendering of the Hebrew
>verb, "To be" and can be translated (approx) as "That
>which is" or "Eternal Being."
Jehovah was formerly Yehoshua. Yeh or Yah means _he_ or
_his_. Hoshua means help. Thus...._His_ help. This is a
completely different meaning, is it not?
Sarah
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