So, I have a question for anyone who knows a little bit about Hebrew. I've seen many who know the Hebrew language pretty well still using the name Yahweh even though there is no letter "W" in the Hebrew language. And upon further investigation I discovered that it is believed that the "waw" in ancient Hebrew was changed to the vav. I do not know this for certain, but I do know for sure it isn't in modern Hebrew, and I'd learned bits and pieces of ancient Hebrew and never heard of the "waw". Part of my issue with this is even though certain people believe there was a letter W in the Hebrew, they also incorporate the vav in ancient Hebrew as well. It's just very inconsistent to use the letter W only for God's name, but not for anything else, especially if they believe that the letter W was changed to the vav in modern Hebrew, so the vav would have been the letter W in ancient Hebrew, but when reading ancient Hebrew there is no W, but a vav. It's confusing and frustrating. Hopefully someone coming across this will have some answers. Thank you so much if you read this to the end lol???
Nahir G
You might also find books from Keith Johnson and/or Nehemiah Gordon helpful in your research.
I just don’t argue/debate with anyone insisting on Yahweh or any other variation. .
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David Martin
Those of us who use the “w” sound are trying to recreate as best we can the original pronunciation of the Name of God. But “Yehovah” probably makes more grammatical sense to a modern Hebrew speaker.
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GidgetsMom
Aleph ~ א ~ A ~ Alaph ~ ?
Bet ~ ב ~ B ~ Byth ~ ?
Gimmel ~ ג ~ G ~Gamal ~ ?
Dalet ~ ד ~ D ~ Dalath ~ ?
Hey ~ ה ~ H ~ Ha ~ ?
Vav ~ ו ~ U ~ Uau ~ ?
Zayin ~ ז ~ Z ~Zan ~ ?
Chet ~ ח ~ Ch ~ Chath ~ ?
Tet ~ ט ~ T ~ Tyt ~ ?
Yod ~ י ~ Y ~ Yad ~ ?
Kaf ~ כ ~ K ~ Kaph ~ ?
Lamed ~ ל ~ L ~ Lam ~ ?
Mem ~ מ ~ M ~ Mym ~ ?
Nun ~ נ ~ N ~ Nun ~ ?
Samech ~ ס ~ S ~ Samakh ~ ?
Ayin ~ ע ~ A ~ Ayn ~ ?
Pey ~ פ ~ Ph/P ~ Pah ~ ?
Tsade ~ צ ~ Ts ~Tsad ~ ?
Kof ~ ק ~ Q ~Qup ~ ?
Resh ~ ר ~ R ~ Rash ~ ?
Shin ~ ש ~ Sh ~ Shan ~ ?
Tav ~ ת ~ Th ~ Thu ~ ?
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