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What is God's name in Hebrew? (Article) The background, history and meaning of the name of God that usually written as LORD, Jehovah or Yahweh.
The difference is between ancient/biblical Hebrew and modern Israeli Hebrew. In the Torah you will see it written as אלוהים איתי. Pronounced eh-low-him imi (actually this is a name of God so according to Torah law you would pronounce it elokim/אלוקים to avoid saying or writing God's name in vain)
Gods name is Holy (Note: Hebrew is written from right to left to right.) In English His name is pronounced either Jehovah or Yahweh. Since English is read from right to left we see the letters as: hwhy . We have all heard it is forbidden among the Jews to say God’s name.
The most important of God's Names is the four-letter Name represented by the Hebrew letters Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh (YHVH). It is often referred to as the Ineffable Name, the Unutterable Name or the Distinctive Name. Linguistically, it is related to the Hebrew root Heh-Yod-Heh (to be), and reflects the fact that God's existence is eternal.
However we view God when reading the text, it is irrelevant, as we must learn to view God in the same manner that the ancient Hebrews who wrote the Biblical text did. There are three different words used in the Bible that are translated as God; אל ( el ), אלוה ( elo'ah ) and אלהים ( elohiym ).
The earliest reference is found in Sefer Yetzirah (The Book of Formation), where the ten Sefirot and the twenty two letters of the Hebrew alphabet was said to comprise the "thirty-two paths of wisdom" through which God created the world.
In the Hebrew scriptures that name is written as YHWH (yud, hey, vuv, hey) , since Hebrew script originally contained no vowels. God’s name was almost certainly pronounced in early times, but by the third century BCE the consonants were regarded as so sacred that they were never articulated.
