Yahweh's Witnesses?

[historia]

Picking up a topic from an earlier thread: According to scholars, the ancient Hebrew word for God, YHWH, was most likely vocalized as "Yahweh," while the term "Jehovah" is a late-Medieval rendering that transposes the vowels for Adonai into YHWH.

Question for debate: Should Jehovah's Witnesses stop using the term "Jehovah" and instead use the term "Yahweh?"

[2timothy316]

[Replying to historia in post #1]
Those that attend Hebrew speaking congregations are called עדי־יהוה

https://www.jw.org/he/

https://context.reverso.net/translation ... 7s+witness

Now should ALL Witnesses go by this pronunciation? No. Why? Jehovah is source of speech and tells people through angels the Good News to all in their own language. This would even include a translation of His name into their language. (Rev. 14:6.)

[JehovahsWitness]

Picking up a topic from an earlier thread: According to scholars, the ancient Hebrew word for God, YHWH, was most likely vocalized as "Yahweh," while the term "Jehovah" is a late-Medieval rendering that transposes the vowels for Adonai into YHWH.

Question for debate: Should Jehovah's Witnesses stop using the term "Jehovah" and instead use the term "Yahweh?"

Perhaps, if all the other Christians stopped using the term Jesus since the "J" is a late-Medieval letter that did not figure in the original pronunciation of "Yehoshua" and the two syllable English name Jesus would have been unrecognisable to the first century people of the original language.


JEHOVAH'S WITNESS



PRONUNCIATION

• Has the original pronunciation of the Divine Name been lost?
  http://debatingchristianity.com/forum/v ... 79#p915179
  
  Does the letter /j/ belong in the Divine name?
  viewtopic.php?p=1029301#p1029301
  
  Do theophoric names present clues as to how the Divine Name was originally pronounced?
  http://debatingchristianity.com/forum/v ... 66#p872166
  
  Is there an academic consensus on the correct pronunciation of the Divine Name (YHWH)? (3-syllable)
  http://debatingchristianity.com/forum/v ... 88#p822688

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THE DIVINE NAME , PRONUNCIATION and ... THE DIVINE PERSONALITY

[Eddie Ramos]

Picking up a topic from an earlier thread: According to scholars, the ancient Hebrew word for God, YHWH, was most likely vocalized as "Yahweh," while the term "Jehovah" is a late-Medieval rendering that transposes the vowels for Adonai into YHWH.

Question for debate: Should Jehovah's Witnesses stop using the term "Jehovah" and instead use the term "Yahweh?"

Being that no one knows how to truly pronunciate JEHOVAH'S name, there is no law nor commandment to get it just right. Each person who used God's name (whether JEHOVAH or YAWEH) knows who they are referring to. Now what they believe about the God they call to, is what matters.

[historia]

Those that attend Hebrew speaking congregations are called עדי־יהוה

Interesting. Sounds like these modern Hebrew-speaking Jehovah's Witnesses have just adapted the English (or maybe German) pronunciation of "Jehovah."

Now should ALL Witnesses go by this pronunciation? No. Why? Jehovah is source of speech and tells people through angels the Good News to all in their own language. This would even include a translation of His name into their language. (Rev. 14:6.)

But the predominant pronunciation in English is now "Yahweh." In fact, that same pronunciation is now used across most languages. It's also widely considered to be more accurate.

So why not use it?

[historia]

Perhaps, if all the other Christians stopped using the term Jesus

I'm not sure I understand your point here.

Are you saying that Jehovah's Witnesses practice should be determined by what other Christians do?

[onewithhim]

Those that attend Hebrew speaking congregations are called עדי־יהוה

Interesting. Sounds like these modern Hebrew-speaking Jehovah's Witnesses have just adapted the English (or maybe German) pronunciation of "Jehovah."

Now should ALL Witnesses go by this pronunciation? No. Why? Jehovah is source of speech and tells people through angels the Good News to all in their own language. This would even include a translation of His name into their language. (Rev. 14:6.)

But the predominant pronunciation in English is now "Yahweh." In fact, that same pronunciation is now used across most languages. It's also widely considered to be more accurate.

So why not use it?

People recognize "Jehovah" just as they might "Yahweh." Either one would be considered acceptable. "Jehovah" is in the King James Version, which is probably the most popular version in the world.

[onewithhim]

Perhaps, if all the other Christians stopped using the term Jesus

I'm not sure I understand your point here.

Are you saying that Jehovah's Witnesses practice should be determined by what other Christians do?

Jehovah'sWitness is just saying that why discontinue using "Jehovah" when the world uses "Jesus" to name God's Son. The "J" in Jesus is just as "wrong" as using the "J" in "Jehovah." In 1611 the KJV used "I" instead of "J." Why not go back to "Iehovah" and "Iesus"? All of this is meaningless. We go by what is most popular in our language.

[JehovahsWitness]

Perhaps, if all the other Christians stopped using the term Jesus

I'm not sure I understand your point here.

Are you saying that Jehovah's Witnesses practice should be determined by what other Christians do?

I'm saying we use English bible names with a J- the same as other Christians do. If the English tansliteration of "Jesus" is not problematic for anyone, why should the pronunciation "Jehovah" be?



JW

[historia]

We go by what is most popular in our language.

But "Yahweh" is what is most popular in English. Why then aren't you using it?