Right!
IIRC, Jewish folks use “YHWH”, called the “Tetragammaton” (Greek = Four Letters), as the Name of God. Ancient Hebrew writing does not use vowels.
YHWH is usually translated as Jehovah or Yahweh.
Folks who write G_d are just being reverent.
http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Grammar/Unit_Two/Introduction/introduction.html
“Unlike English, however, the Hebrew alphabet is a consonantal one: there are no separate letters for vowels in the written alphabet (though some letters, in particular Vav and Yod, can function as “consonantal vowels”). This does not mean, of course, that vowels are not used in Hebrew. In fact, it is impossible to say anything at all without vowel sounds. But ancient Hebrew contained no written vowels as distinct letter forms: the actual vowel sounds were “added” to the reading by means of oral tradition and long-established usage.
As an experiment, try reading the following:
Lv th Lrd yr Gd wth ll yr hrt
If you were able to “figure out” that the above string of letters reads “Love the Lord your God with all your heart,” (Deut 6:5), then you might be able to see how a language could be entirely made up of consonants—with the reader supplying the missing vowels.”
Also, the term Xmas does not come from political correctness, either.
The robes on the pastor at the Lutheran church I grew up in had “XP” on them.
It’s Greek for the first two letters of Christ, “Chi”and “Rho”.
X, or “Chi” refers to Christ, not “X-ing” out Christ.
“As an experiment, try reading the following:
Lv th Lrd yr Gd wth ll yr hrt
If you were able to “figure out” that the above string of letters reads “Love the Lord your God with all your heart,” (Deut 6:5), then you might be able to see how a language could be entirely made up of consonants—with the reader supplying the missing vowels.””
OK - I can read and add in vowels as I read.
But, try as I have, I can’t find the second clause of the NtStl commandment. You know, the “Nr gt yr cngrsscrttr t stl fr u.”
It has to be there, but I can’t seem to see it.