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To: Sherman Logan

Better to use the name “Yawah” to call God God.


91 posted on 11/18/2014 11:01:59 AM PST by Biggirl (2014 MIdterms Were BOTH A Giant Wave And Restraining Order)
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To: Biggirl

Yahweh, or Jehovah, or YHWH do not translate into English as God.

They are variants of His personal name. God, of course,is a title or common noun, not a name.

In Hebrew the words for God are Elohim and El. Which are of course cognate with the Aramaic Alahah and Arabic Allah. Given the difficulties with transliterating from a Semitic to Roman alphabet, these are all pretty much the same word.


94 posted on 11/18/2014 11:08:18 AM PST by Sherman Logan
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