What's In a Name? - Yahuah Is Life

Notice: In example #1, the meaning of the Hebrew word was given, but in example #2; it was not.
Example #2 only contains the way the name would be written in the English, but the word still had not
been translated until example #3. Remember, names are not translated, they are transliterated.
Once we begin to understand and apply this rule, we can more effectively grab hold of the fact that no
matter what language we speak: people’s names are always the same. Michael Jordan is Michael Jordan
in every language. There may be a few nuances in the way different accents annunciate the name - but the
ultimate goal is to get as close to the original sound as possible, matching alphabetical function to
function: this is called transliteration. Jean Claude Van Damme is Jean Claude Van Damme in every
language. With Van Damme, we even try our best to pronounce “Jean” as “Zjhaun”, so as to pronounce
his name the way it should be. Names don’t change. Unfortunately, this has not been the case in
transliterating the Father’s Name. The Father’s Name has been removed from virtually every English
translation (almost 7,000 times), and has been replaced with titles like “lord” and “god.” Remember
commandment #3: Shamuṭh/Exodus 20:7 reads, “You shall not lift up/take away ta the Name of
hwhy your Ålahým to ruin/desolation, for hwhy ta will not leave unpunished he who lifts up ta
His Name to ruin.” Do you think that removing His Name almost 7,000 times is not truly the same as
taking it away
Because of our sins, we are captives in a world that does not respect the Name of ‏.יהוה Many religious
sects have gone through great extremes to mask the true Name of the Sovereign of the Universe. Let us
begin with a letter for letter transliteration of יהוה and learn what His Name really is.
And The Name Is
“Thus you are to say to the children of Yashar῾ål/Israel: ‏,יהוה Ålahým of your fathers has sent me to
you. THIS IS MY NAME FOREVER!!! AND THIS IS MY MARK TO ALL
GENERATIONS!” Shamuṭh/Exodus 3:15. The evidence is very clear: the Most High had a specified
Name that could never change! It is important to remember that I am writing the Father’s Name as it
‏יהוה appears in the Interlinear text, making use of the Modern Hebrew script. How do we pronounce
The first letter from the Hebrew in the Name is yd ‏.י The yd makes the ‘y’ sound as in yard, this is
transliterated into English with the letter ‘Y’. The next letter is ha ‏.ה Ha makes a breathy ‘h’ sound as in
hhop (when it is not the first letter of a word, ha will render a breath sound, depending on the letter
preceding it - i.e. Judah), this is transliterated into English with the letter ‘H’. Now we have ‘YH’, which
is pronounced YAH. Many stop here because of the wording found in Ṭahalým/Psalms 68:4, “By His
Name YAH,” but this song was written long after the fuller form of the Name we are dissecting (You
will also note that YAH (H# 3050) is a shortened form of the word we are now trying to break down:
Some translations render ‘YAH’ as ‘JAH’. There is no sound similar to the sound made by the ‏.(יהוה
letter ‘j’ in Âbrý, and the use of the letter ‘j’ in English as a hard consonant is only a few hundred years
old (it originally made the ‘y’ sound as well). If you look at a dictionary of Hebrew words for the word
‘JAH’, you will see the Strong’s H# 3050. When you turn to H# 3050, you will see that ‘JAH’ in Hebrew
is yd ha ‏,יה and renders a pronunciation of ‘YAH’; (the extra ‘h’ listed by Strong’s is used to illustrate