The name of YHWH
- Jun 26, 2022
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The name of God is a Tetragrammaton
Or Tetragram , it is the four-letter Hebrew theonym יהוה (transliterated as YHWH),
the name of God in Judaism and Christianity.
Every Jew should know what each letter represents ....... a picture
The following shows what each represents. (see the Paleo Hebrew Alphabet below)
Yud = Hand (Arm & Hand)
Hey = Look (Behold)
Vav = Nail (Peg)
Hey = Look (Behold)
What does the Lord say ?
Look at the hand look at the nail..........
Zecharia 13:6
6And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
Isaiah 42:8-18, is applicable here, in verse 8, Isaiah quotes our Father saying, my name is יהוה. Anytime we get in the translation mode, we may loose, or distort the meaning of a word. In any event, in Hebrew, is always good to refer to the Paleo in order to capture additional meaning. I believe the key here is the "One" that is identified through the nail.