![]() ![]() Whenever they read Scripture aloud and encountered the divine name, they substituted another Hebrew word, “Adonai” (which means “Lord” or “my Lord”), in its place.Įventually Hebrew developed written vowels, which appeared as small marks called vowel points and were placed above and below the consonants of a word. Shortly before the first century A.D., it became common for Jews to avoid saying the divine name for fear of misusing it and breaking the second commandment (“You shall not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain,” Dt 5:11). ![]() ![]() These records indicate that in all likelihood the name should be pronounced “Yahweh.” Since ancient Hebrew had no written vowels, it is uncertain how the name was pronounced originally, but there are records of the name in Greek, which did have written vowels. In Hebrew the name of God is spelled YHWH. ![]()
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