And yet, you don't and CANNOT know how to pronounce it. Me? Romans 10:9,10 To me, scripture is clearer than you.
[FONT="]During the Babylonian captivity the Hebrew language spoken by the Jews was replaced by the Aramaic language of their Babylonian captors. Aramaic was closely related to Hebrew, and while sharing many vocabulary words in common, they contained some words that sounded the same or similar but had other meanings. [/FONT]
[FONT="]In Aramaic, the Hebrew word for “blaspheme” used in Leviticus 24:16, “Anyone who blasphemes the name of YHWH must be put to death” began to be interpreted as “pronounce” rather than “blaspheme”. When the Jews began speaking Aramaic, this verse was (mis)understood to mean, “Anyone who pronounces the name of YHWH must be put to death.” Since then observant Jews have maintained the custom of not pronouncing the name. This also lead to some believing that God's name is not pronounceable. [/FONT]
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[FONT="]Jeremiah 23:27[/FONT][FONT="].[/FONT][FONT="]
Through their dreams that they tell one another, they make plans to cause My people to
forget My name as their fathers forgot My name through Baal worship. [/FONT]
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My translation
Through their imaginings that they tell each other, they made plans to cause my people to
forget my name, like their forefathers forgot my name through Baal worship. [/FONT]
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[FONT="]Some Biblical theophoric names end in ia(h) or yah as shortened forms of YHWH: That points to the vowels being "a". [/FONT]
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[FONT="]Pronouncing the Name of God[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="]Nothing in the Bible prohibits a person from pronouncing the name of God. It is evident from scripture that God's name was pronounced routinely. Many common Hebrew names contain "Yah" and "ia(h)" parts of God's name. For an example the name Jeremiah ends in "ah." The Name Yahwah was pronounced as part of daily services in the Temple. [/FONT]
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[FONT="]There is no prohibition against pronouncing the name in ancient times. As a matter of fact, the Mishnah recommends using God's name as a routine greeting to a fellow Jews.
Berakhot 9:5. [/FONT][FONT="]
[/FONT][FONT="]However, in the time of the Talmud, it was the custom to use substitute names for God. Some rabbis asserted that a person who pronounces YHWH according to its letters (instead of using a substitute) has no place in the world to come, and should be put to death for pronouncing the four letter name. [/FONT]
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[FONT="]The prohibition on pronunciation applied only to the four letter name YHWH, but Jews customarily do not pronounce any of God's many name titles except in prayer or study. [/FONT]
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[FONT="]After killing Hebrew Christians, the Jews would take the New testament scripture written in Hebrew, and carefully cut the name of God out. Then they would place the divine name in a safe place to keep. Following that, they then would burn the remainder of the scrolls in a fire. Rabbi Yose who lived during the second century AD states that, Quote: "One cuts out the reference to the divine name which are in them
[the Christian writings] and stores them away, and the rest burns." One of his characteristic sayings is, "He who proclaimed the coming of the Messiah,
[John] and he who hated scholars and their disciples;
[Yahshua] and that false prophet and those slanderers, will have no part in the future world." [/FONT]
[FONT="]According to Bacher this was directed against the Hebrew Christians. [/FONT][FONT="]
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[FONT="]Note:[/FONT][FONT="] The person who proclaimed the coming was John the Baptist, and it was Yahshua who spoke against the scholars of the law. The scholars were the scribes or Pharisees. [/FONT]
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[/FONT][FONT="]And so it is an established fact, the disciples of Yahshua did write the holy name of God into the New Testament. [/FONT]
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