"What is YHWH?
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YHWH is the Hebrew name for God. I tend to spell it YHVH because of the sound, but there are certainly other ways to spell it out such as Yahweh. Hebrew text do not have vowels in that sense that we know them, so that's why you see His name commonly spelled this way. It seems to turn some people off, but I think it brings you closer to the Lord because it is his name meaning "I am that I am."It's amazing how many people turn and look at you when you use that name sometimes like you have just invoked the name of satan in his place. If you're a Christian, you should know it. However, don't feel bad if you don't.
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YHWH is the Hebrew name for God. I tend to spell it YHVH because of the sound, but there are certainly other ways to spell it out such as Yahweh. Hebrew text do not have vowels in that sense that we know them, so that's why you see His name commonly spelled this way. It seems to turn some people off, but I think it brings you closer to the Lord because it is his name meaning "I am that I am."
Wrong.Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh means "I Shall Be as I Shall Be". Future tense, not present. Also the word you're thinking of, yud hay and then vav hay, is not the same name as Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh.
YHWH is the Hebrew name for God. I tend to spell it YHVH because of the sound, but there are certainly other ways to spell it out such as Yahweh. Hebrew text do not have vowels in that sense that we know them, so that's why you see His name commonly spelled this way. It seems to turn some people off, but I think it brings you closer to the Lord because it is his name meaning "I am that I am."
Wrong.Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh means "I Shall Be as I Shall Be". Future tense, not present. Also the word you're thinking of, yud hay and then vav hay, is not the same name as Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh.
Found this explanation:Any number of vowel combinations are possible, and the Jews are as uncertain of the real pronunciation as are Christians. “Jehovah” is actually a much later (probably 16th century) variant in Latin. Here, the “Y” is substituted with a “J” (Hebrew does not even have a “J” sound), and the “W” with a “V,” plus another vowel combination, resulting in “JeHoVaH.” This vowel combination is composed of the abbreviated forms of the imperfect, the participle, and the perfect of the Hebrew being verb (English “is”) - thus the meaning of Jehovah could be said to be "he who will be, is, and has been." So, what is God's name and what does it mean? The most likely choice for how the tetragrammaton was pronounced is "Yahweh" or something very similar to that. The name "Yahweh" refers to God's self-existence. "Yahweh" is linked with how God described Himself in Exodus 3:14, "God said to Moses, 'I AM WHO I AM.' This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.'" God's name is a reflection of His being. God is the only self-existent / self-sufficient Being in the universe. Only God has life in and of Himself. That is the essential meaning of the tetragrammaton / YHWH / Yahweh
Christ is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. So no, it's not really "wrong" to translate it in the way that I did.
You are right Swampfox as the example I have quoted shows"God said to Moses, 'I AM WHO I AM.' This is what you are to say to the Israelites:
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