Name that god!

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B " H

 

True, the Torah is written without vowels, but there is a mesorah

(usually translated as tradition, but it literally means that which

was passed on from generation to generation -- very painstakingly, I

might add) for the pronunciation of the Hebrew words. There is,

however, no traditional pronunciation for the 4 letter abbreviation

of the 70 letter name of G-d (this is the name you referred to that

starts with a Y and the one that the Witnesses spell beginning with a

J -- that Jews -- particularlly Orthodox Jews -- refer to as " Yud-Kay-

Vav-Kay " the spelling of the name, though the " Kay " part refers to a

purposeful mispronunciation of the Hebrew letter " Hay " -- long

story.....)

 

Ok, that having been said, these are only two of the many names of

G-d. These names are male and female, used to point to different

attibutes that G-d has (see, I told you it wasn't that far from the

modern polytheistic faiths ;-) -- we just merge all the deities into

one being with many attributes....)

 

Debbie

 

 

 

 

 

> The word God and Good come from the same origin

 

Of course, the word God is ultimately a proper name based on the word

god. The " name " of the Christian God is Yahweh or El (depending on

which part of the Bible you read).

 

Since the Torah is written without vowels, where does the a or e come

from? That's just a guess. No one can say the holy one's name.

 

Bob