Hoffman in his riveting little tome on the history of the Hebrew language, In the Beginning, the Name יהוה or YHWH; the name of the Lord, consists of only those ambiguous double-duty symbols and is far beyond any attempt to pronounce it. In fact, the name YHWH may be ...
the Torah, was penned by Moses under divine inspiration. This traditional claim, however, should be tempered by a couple of initial observations. First, the Torah makes no such claim. Nowhere does the Pentateuch claim to have been written by Moses, or anyone else for that matter. In fact...
1David Janzen,The Social Meanings of Sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible: A Study of Four Writings,BZAW 344 (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2004), 209; Sarah Japhet
YHWH is the right word. YaHWeH was created when they were translating the word by adding the greek vowels from God to the original Hebrew name YHWH. There isn't a known pronunciation. It was forgotten over time, as no one used it as a matter of fear and reverence. If I am wrong abo...