Our Father's Name

This particular Name is surrounded by great controversy. Rabbinic Judaism prohibits people from uttering it and several other groups insist on a particular pronunciation. Some will even go so far as to say that people are not saved if they pronounce it wrong. This has created so much confusion, strife and division. These behaviors are NOT characteristic of our Father in Heaven. He says His Name means “unity” in the following passage:

The Hebrew word translated as “one” is “echad” and it can be a reference to the number one but it can also represent “unity”. In this passage, Yahuah is saying that He represents “unity”. The Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of the Bible written by Jeff A. Benner defines “echad” the following way:

When people enter the door of a house, they are together. They are united. Families use the door to enter their tent. They are one. Yahuah is One. Messiah Yahusha was speaking of “unity” in the following testimony:

Based on this evidence, it seems creating division between the people over the pronunciation of “YHWH” is contrary to His actual Nature and Character. Our aim is NOT to create division. We are simply providing evidence and drawing our own conclusions based on that evidence. If people prefer to call Him, “Yahweh,” that is their choice to do so. If people want to call Him, “Yehovah,” that is their choice to do so. If people want to continue to use substitutions such as “HaShem” and “the LORD God,” that is their choice to do so. In these studies, we are providing the evidence we have used to reach our conclusions and our provide rationale for doing so.

“Yahuah” is the way we have chosen to pronunce the Tetragrammaton commonly known as “YHWH”. We pronounce it as “Yah-hoo-ah”. The word, “Tetragrammaton” is a Greek word that literally means “four letters” and is a direct reference to this particular Name of our Creator. This Name is the most common used in reference to our Father. It occurs 6,823 times in the Hebrew writings based on our word search in Esword. Most people who have an English translation of the Bible or Tanakh do not recognize this Name because it has been replaced with “the LORD” and “GOD” in all capital letters. It has been concealed from people.

“God” is the substitution used for the Hebrew word “elohiym” and “the LORD” in all capital letters is the substitution for “Yahuah”. Here is an example:

“GOD” in all capital letters is the substitution for “Yahuah” when it is paired with “Adonai” in the underlying text. Here is an example.

“Adonai” pronounced, “Ad-O-nigh,” is most often translated as “Lord” so it would have been odd to translate Yechezqel (Ezekiel) 13:3 as “the Lord LORD”. So, translators chose to translate the Name, “Yahuah” as “GOD” in all capital letters in these occurrences. In our studies, we transliterate “Adonai” as well.

When translating a text from one language to another, there are established rules translators use to guide them in the process. Heikki Särkkä, a retired lecturer in English of the Savonlinna School of Translation Studies of the University of Joensuu, Finland is the author of an article titled, Translation of Proper Names in Non-fiction Texts. He says the following:

The name “Baal” is an example of the appropriate way to translate a proper name. In the following example, the pronunciation is preserved in all languages: Hebrew, Greek and English.

Translators did not show the same respect to our Creator. They replaced His Name with a generic title in the Greek and the English. None of these words sound the same. Therefore, they are not transliterations. Here they are in the same three languages:

The author of the Scriptures version 2009 left the Name of our Creator in its original language which is transcription of proper names. Here is an example:

These are the rules for properly translating a proper name from one language to another in texts. Transliteration of our Father’s Name or the transcription of His Name in its original Hebrew would have demonstrated the most respect and reverence to Him as our Creator and King of Kings. For example, the English name, “Charles” means “free man”. How would King Charles like being called “King free man”? How would King Charles feel about using a substitution for his name like “King John”? It is for this reason, proper names are transliterated or transcripted.

It is highly like that Christianity has been influenced by Rabbinic Judaism because they have chosen to use substitutions rather than transliterations or transcription. Here are the differences in these terms as they relate to our Father in Heaven.

• Substitutions: “the LORD” or “GOD” or “HaShem”
• Transliteration: “Yahuah” or “Yahweh” or “Yehovah”
• Transcription: יהוה or HWHY

The rules for translating proper names which are actual names of people is to transliterate it or transcribe it. Substitutions are inappropriate for the translation of proper names like יהוה. In our studies, we use the transliteration, “Yahuah,” because this is the appropriate way to handle the proper name of our Father. Now, it is quite possible that Yahuah, Himself, has removed His Name from the mouths of people. Consider the following testimony:

This prophecy was spoken specifically to the tribe of Yahudah who fled to Egypt and not the ones who were taken captive into Babylon during the Babylonian captivity in 586 BCE (Before the Common Era). But these words show that this is something Yahuah would do to preserve the integrity of His Name. Either one of these situations is possible.

• Has Yahuah prevented those in Rabbinic Judaism from speaking His Name as well as Christians and Catholics?
• Have people arbitrarily placed manmade substitutions in the text to conceal His actual Name based on a misinterpretation of “olam” in Shemoth (Exodus) 3:15?

We discussed the misinterpretation of “olam” in our study titled, Call upon the Name of Yahuah. The Name of “Yahuah” is not hidden. It was clearly conveyed in the following passage:

This is confirmed by King David:

“Yahuah Elohiym” is His Name forever throughout ALL generations. People are awakening. Yahuah is opening the eyes and ears of people all over the world, revealing His Name to them. He has been lifting the veil and restoring His Name to His people. This is fulfillment of the following prophecy:

Yahuah is doing this right now. The name, “the LORD God” is a name used in reference to “Baal Gad”. He is removing this substitution from our mouths and restoring His actual Name to His people. This is the purpose of this series of studies. Eventually, this name will be utterly destroyed and never spoken again.

In Shemoth (Exodus) 3:15, Yahuah identified Himself as the “Elohiym of Abraham, the Elohiym of Yitzhak and the Elohiym of Ya’akob” which are also a part of His Name. In our study titled, Yahuah is “Elohiym”, we defined “Elohiym” as “strong authority”. When we rephrase this passage, it communicates a different message:

The Strong Authority of Abraham, the Strong Authority of Yitzhak and the Strong Authority of Ya’akob

Yahuah was and is their Strong Authority which means they obeyed His Laws and were yoked with Him in covenant. The patriarchs did not know Him as “Yahuah”. They may have “known” His Name but they did not experience the qualities or characteristics of this Name and its function. He nourished them and protected them like a mama bear. They experienced Him as “El Shaddai”. Here is the testimony.

Our Father in Heaven identified Himself using the Name “YHWH” because it conveyed an important quality about Him that He wanted His people to know and experience about Him. It is impossible for this quality to be conveyed with the substitution, “the LORD,” because it is not the same word or even a representation of it. The following passage conveys the characteristic Yahuah wants to communicate to His people:

The Hebrew word that appears here three times is a root of “YHWH”. Here is the word as it appears in the passage above in the Hebrew writings and the ancient Hebrew pictographic language.

אהיה

HWHY

This Hebrew word is defined by The Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of the Bible written by Jeff A. Benner as;

This word simply means someone “Exists” They have breath. Someone who is breathing is alive and they “exist”. There is nothing fancy about this Name and the way it rolls off the tongue. Another word in the same Hebrew word family which virtually means the same thing is defined the following way by The Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of the Bible as:

This three-lettered root means the same thing. Someone who has breath “exists”. They are alive. This particular three-lettered root are three of the letters in the Tetragrammaton highlighted in red. The black letter is the letter “yod” and it is a prefix meaning “he”.

יהוה

HWHY

“He Exists”

This is the message that He wants to communicate to His people. He is alive. He Exists. He has breath. He lives forever. This message is not conveyed in the English title, “the LORD” or the Greek word, “kurios”. This is a very important message because it means “life”. He knows how to live forever. He has the secret to eternal life which is the ability to continue to breathe. Yahuah instructed the priests to place His Name upon the House of Yashar’El.

Is this a seal that says, “the LORD God”? Is it a seal that says, “Yahuah”? Perhaps it is a functional quality placed upon the House of Yashar’El that says, “she exists” or “he exists”. This functional quality is telling us that they will live forever. They will breathe or have breath.

• Dead people don’t breathe
• Living people breathe.

Yechezqel (Ezekiel) makes this distinction in the following testimony

In the resurrection, the House of Yashar’El will bear the Name “Yahuah” in them!

The letter “hey” is used twice in this Name. It is a picture of a man with his hands raised trying to get the attention of others. It represents someone pointing out something really amazing or an impending danger. It is also a breath or a sigh. The other two letters are the “yod” and the “vav”. The “yod” is a picture of a man’s arm and the “vav” is a hook used to put things together securely. Here are the pictures of these letters.

The arm and hand represent “works” or “actions”. Dead bodies are incapable of doing any actions. In His Name, He is connecting together works and breath with breath again. Here is an illustration:

The resurrection is in His Name, “Yahuah”. The prophecy in Yechezqel (Ezekiel) is fulfillment of His Name which He has placed upon His people. The prophecy speaks about the resurrection of the whole House of Yashar’El. We do not see this message in “the LORD God” or “HaShem”.

Which Name do you want placed upon you?

Which Name was placed upon Messiah Yahusha?

Yahuah Elohiym raised Messiah Yahusha from the dead. Yahusha experienced the Name “Yahuah”.

This is the meaning of the Name “Yahuah” and its function. We want this Name upon us and in us. We want to experience the Name “Yahuah”. This Name leads to eternal life. It is the Name that leads to salvation as the prophet states:

“Yahuah” is the Name of resurrection power! From my perspective, this is an important Name to be preserved and protected. This is why we restore His Name in all testimonies and do not use manmade substitutions which have no meaningful message to communicate to us. Men and women do not have the authority to assign a new name to our Father in heaven. Do we have the authority to assign a new name to our earthly fathers? Do we have the authority to assign a new name to the King of England or the Pope? Now, is the time to restore the Name of our Father. It is fulfillment of the prophecy in Hoshea (Hosea) 2:16-17 happening right before our very eyes and it is His doing. He is preparing people for the transition in government. Soon, the kingdoms of this world will be the Kingdoms of our Father and His Messiah.