An indepth look at the meaning and etymology of the awesome name YHWH. We'll discuss the original Hebrew, plus the words and names YHWH is related to, plus the occurences of this name in the Bible.
This chapter discusses the meaning of YHWH in the Bible, with specific attention devoted to the two theophanies which tie God's revelation to a proclamation of His name: one in Exodus 3 and the other in Exodus 32–34. Combining philological, literary, and comparative tools, the chapter ...
In The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown says that YHWH in the Bible stands for "Jehovah" which comes from Jah for male and Havah for female. As this four letter word is a core part of many religious beliefs, this would be an important issue to get correct. First, a note on the Hebrew la...
The term tetragrammaton (from Greek τετραγράμματον, meaning "four letters") refers to the Hebrew theonym transliterated to the Latin letters YHWH .For Jewish people YHWH is the most holy name of God, as written in the ancient Hebrew language. The language has no vowels...
Beyond its primary meaning as “nose,” ʾap also designates “wrath” and “anger” in the Bible. The Bible makes extensive use of this term (about 180 times) in the divine context, thus seeming to present the god of Israel as an explosive, fulminating, and even infuriated character....
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Nachor/Nahor, according Genesis, was a son of Terah and brother of Abraham. It is also the name Laban’s city and the name of the god of that city. (Laban is the father of Rebecca who became the wife of Isaac.). Nahor’s name has caused much consternation as the meaning is ‘...
“horn” or the uraeus. The Hebrews built the altars with a uraeus (image of an upright spitting cobra, who was the deity Wadjet) on each of the 4 corners, and, to make sure that all understood the meaning of the uraeus, they carved the image of YHWH as a snake on this altar. A...
THE MACRO-TEMPLE OF YHWH IN THE COSMOS Understanding Ancient Cosmology THE BIBLE IS A TEMPLE TEXT. IT BEGINS WITH THE MACRO TEMPLE IN GENESIS AND ENDS WITH THE MACRO TEMPLE IN REVELATION. Our understanding of the work of Yeshua the Messiah is predacated on grasping this principle. EXO 25:...
THE MACRO-TEMPLE OF YHWH IN THE COSMOS Understanding Ancient Cosmology THE BIBLE IS A TEMPLE TEXT. IT BEGINS WITH THE MACRO TEMPLE IN GENESIS AND ENDS WITH THE MACRO TEMPLE IN REVELATION. Our understanding of the work of Yeshua the Messiah is predacated on grasping this principle. EXO 25:...