20.12.24

Preserved to vowels, jots and tittles?

What is YHWH?

YHWH is the most sacred name of God in Judaism. It's a four-letter Hebrew name, often referred to as the Tetragrammaton.   

The name YHWH is often associated with God's self-existence and eternal nature.  It's a profound and mysterious name that has been revered for millennia. God has given us His name, which is written in the Hebrew Bible as YHWH, and He wants us to speak it correctly, know it, learn it, memorize it, and write it on our forearm and curve in our heart. 

So, YHWH appears over 6,000 times in the Hebrew Scriptures, primarily in the Torah (the first five books of the Bible) and other historical books. Vowels were not originally written in the Hebrew Bible, and this includes the name YHWH.

The exact pronunciation of YHWH has been lost to history, it is not preserve, as ancient Hebrew was written without vowels. The most common pronunciation today is "Yahweh" or "Yahveh".   

Due to its sacredness, many Jews avoid pronouncing YHWH aloud and substitute it with the word "Adonai" (Lord) or "HaShem" (The Name).   

Since the ancient Hebrew alphabet did not include vowel markings, so the precise pronunciation of YHWH was lost over time. Masoretic Texts, which were compiled around the 7th–10th centuries CE, included vowel points for many words but intentionally left YHWH without them, to avoid inadvertently pronouncing the sacred name.

We may not know the actual original pronunciation until now. The pronunciation of God's name is not preserve.

The vowels are not maintained in the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible). The vowels are not preserve.

The vowels are inserted later in the sixth and seventh centuries CE.

Please don't dispute about these vowels, jots, or tittles. 

Are you still so blind as to want a perfect Bible?

There is no room for Verbal Plenary Preservation in the presence of God!

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