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God's name?
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| kush paintings |
| My roomate is jabbering on about God's name being (pronunciation) yow-eh or ya-way. What the hell is he talking about? |
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| Sunsnail |
| :rolleyes: I doubt if there was a god he would name himself. It may just be the word for God in another language. |
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| Psy-T |
| quote: | Originally posted by kush paintings
My roomate is jabbering on about God's name being (pronunciation) yow-eh or ya-way. What the hell is he talking about? |
in hebrew it's jehova, though we use the j as a y |
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| Lepanto |
| you mean, yaweh most liekly. |
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| tathi |
i thought it was pronounced Fly-ing Spagh-etti Mons-ter :conf:
excuse my accent :| |
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| weymouth |
| Yahweh - Means Lord in the old testament |
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| occrider |
| quote: | Originally posted by tathi
i thought it was pronounced Fly-ing Spagh-etti Mons-ter :conf:
excuse my accent :| |
Ramen. |
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| MrSquirrel |
Nah nah yer all wrong, it is pronounced:
Mis-ter Skuh-woor-El
:toothless
MrS |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| "but in the old latin texts, jehovah begins with an I" :D |
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| Renegade |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
"but in the old latin texts, jehovah begins with an I" :D |
Haha, been watching Indiana Jones recently, have we? ;) |
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| St_Andrew |
| I thought everyone knew that Yahweh = god... :p Anyway, I think it's just another missinterpretation? |
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| Renegade |
| quote: | Originally posted by St_Andrew
Anyway, I think it's just another missinterpretation? |
Nope, it's legitimate. It's the Hebrew word for "THE LORD" (as it appears in English translations) used throughout the Bible:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetragrammaton |
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