What’s Your Question on the Name of God?

If you explored these studies, and still have a question on the Name of God. Write your question in the comment section below, and it may be answered in Nehemia Gordon's upcoming series on the Name of Yehovah!

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  • Brian Hanson says:

    Hi Nehemia,

    I love your material & lessons–incredibly valuable & practical. I wonder if you could comment about one compelling alternate pronunciation of the Name, which comes from the late, great Kabbalist Leonora Leet. It is not necessarily incompatible with your pronunciation.

    Her suggested pronunciation is iYaHuWa–basically four vowels (reading the letters of the Name as the “mothers of reading”). Start with i-a-u-a (pure vowels, also representing divine energy descending from above (“i”), resonating in the heart or throat (“a”), energy from below (“u”), & again resonating in heart/throat (“a”)–the Star of David in sonic form). Then if one glides the vowels together, they form the consonantal sounds as well (i gliding into a sounds like iYa, a gliding into u sounds like aHu, & so on). Thus iYaHuWa.

    Over time this could have been shortened to reflect the other commonly cited possible pronunciations: drop the initial i to get YaHuWa; initial a becomes shewa to get YeHuWa; u shortens to “o” to get YeHoWa; & obviously the “Wa” could become “Va” to reflect the more accurate pronunciation of vav.

    I would love to hear your thoughts about her version of the Name being a possible primordial precursor to YeHoVa, though obviously it lacks the textual authority you have so ably demonstrated.

    Thank you!

  • Víctor David says:

    What did Flavio Josefo mean that the tetragrammaton is made up of 4 vowels?

  • Gerald A Emert says:

    I’ve watched Many of Nehemia’s videos. I was using Yahuah but am now confused. Nehemia’s credentials are unassailable! But I keep coming back to every source I can find on the ancient or paleo Hebrew alphabet does not show Vav as being in the alphabet. It is always shown as Waw or Ou. Please help me out here!! The modern Hebrew has Vav but not the ancient. Please understand that I am brand new to this. I don’t know Hebrew or even much about it. Thank you.

    • Jen says:

      Hi Gerald~

      I’ve had a similar question about Modern vs. Ancient Hebrew. I hope your question gets answered.

      Have you donated to get “Support Team Studies”?
      There are many more great info and interviews there.

      I love Nehemia’s teachings, and yet after listening to them ALL (I think), I still have a few questions–questions that arose after hearing his teachings.

      Have you listened to his teaching on “Wow, it’s a VAV” (or something like that)? I need to hear that one again.

      I think Nehemia has several Support Team Studies interviews with people who do talk about “Yaho” or (“Yahu”?) as being an ancient shortened name for YHVH, without any vav sound following.

      Jen

    • LG says:

      Hello Gerald.
      I concur with Jen that Nehemia’s study Wow It’s A Vav is a great resource on this letter. What I know about the letter Vav is that it can make a “v,” sound, or an “u” or “o” sound when the vowels shureq and cholam are used respectively. Most scholars believe that Vav didn’t actually make a “v” sound but a “w” sound as you have been seeing in all those resources. These scholars say that the “v” came about through an influence of European languages and thus the “original Waw” became “Vav.” The problem with this is that there are many communities that lived outside of Europe that pronounced the letter as “Vav.” There were also some Jewish communities that pronounced this letter as “w” however Nehemia argues in his excellent study that the “w” came about through an influence of Arabic which all these communities that had “Waw” spoke.
      So I highly recommend Nehemia’s study. You also might want to see his podcast The Historical Pronunciation of Vav.
      I hope this will help you and that you will know the truth of our Father’s name no matter what conclusion you make on its pronunciation.

  • bushbard says:

    G’day Nehemia.

    My studies revealed to me that the word God in fact came from Gothic origins around 6 BCE and in no way referred to Yehovah Elohim but belonged to a personality this civilization worshipped and over time the Title seems to have been adopted into the English language to represent the Elohim of Genises 1:1. Why do mst Hebrew Manuscripts use the word God to represent the word Elohim. I sense Moses did not see Yehovah Elohim in that sense. What do you perceive of the original word Elohim and how would Moses have seen it. He didn’t know English so it is rather hard to perecive how he would say it if he had the opportunity. Appreciate your hard work mate in seeking out the truth of God’s Word.

  • Gin May says:

    I’m not sure if these questions will get answered, but I’ll ask anyway.
    Are there any other manuscripts that have “Adonai Yehovah” like in Ezekiel 28:22?
    Why do manuscripts like the Damascus Crown B 39 have Yehovah almost consistently except when Adonai precedes it?
    -LG

    • Gin May says:

      One more question:
      Why is it that in some manuscripts Adonai isn’t written with a cholam. One argument against Yehovah that I’ve heard is that the scribe didn’t write cholam in Yehovah because he didn’t write it in Adonai. Why is that?
      -LG

  • Joe says:

    I pray for all during these times. Humbly, the Father is Greater than the Son, but without the Son we do not have the Father. And the Son does not accept Glory from man. Our Lord, savior, and High Priest in the order of Melchizedek – for the king of righteousness and peace gives sacrifices, one sacrifice for all sin, and gifts. The Spirit is given as an engagement gift to move us to follow Gods decrees and be careful to follow his Laws. while we wait for the return of our Lord, And all will know and mourn when he returns – Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.
    I have been led to Micah – An incurable plague due to Samaria, where does it spread? Why do you vote? Why do you place another ahead of our Lord as with the Israel of old – for the Economy? prophets of beer – Fascism – United States – Nazis – Munich, which is now known well for its beer, and Wine, Jeroboam and Rohaboam. A Lame Remnant. Nehemiah – the wall rebuilt – but our brothers are enslaved by our own due to interest – our schools teach incorrectly and use the Fafsa or similar types of loans with interest as a payment. Along with other things, Ezra – the scribe gifted in Gods Law.
    So we are not to be like those in the wilderness during Yehoshuas time – as the second circumcision depicts the circumcision of the heart, Does it not? We are to walk the narrow path, Yehoshua Hamashiach is the gate, our Husband to marry back into Elohims family. We serve one God. Ephraim and Judah will merge, but the Gentiles see salvation first, to make Israel jealous. Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your alters, I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.
    Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter. I moan like a dove, my eyes look wistfully to the heights, O Lord I am oppressed, be my security,

    I pray and give all glory to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob through Yehoshua Hamashiach.

    Shalom

  • Karl Wagner says:

    Nehemi(y)ah , Long time no see. It’s been awhile since you were in Arizona. Some time ago, I believe last year, you posted on the wall a picture showing the sacred name spelled out and under it the three forms of the verb “to be.” I’d like to find that again if you can help me. Thanks and God Bless.

  • Seth Duol Tut says:

    I hope his name is Yahuah and LORD our God

  • Bobby Adams says:

    In our King James Bible some 7 times or so we see God’s name as “Jehovah”. But what about the letter “J”? My understanding is that in Hebrew the letter for Hey comes out as Yehovah but when it comes over into English it becomes the letter J. Thanks, Bobby

    • daniel says:

      Bobby, Hebrew is read right to left. YHVH (Yud, Hey, Vav, Hey) is the left to right transliteration. The letter ‘J’ is and always has been pronounced in Northern Europe as a ‘Y’, as in ‘fjord’. Hope that helps.

  • Norman McDermid says:

    Hi there Nehemia. Many years ago I received a chart of the Alephbet with the respective sounds attached. I learned that the VAV sound was oo as in blue and true etc. Now you’re telling me that the vav has a v sound. In the tetragramathon of Hey Vav Hey Yod, there is only one VAV, and yet you say that our Fathers name is Yehovah…..Yeh ”ov” ah, there you have two VAV’s ????? The o, In the name Yehoshua contains a VAV, but in Yarushalyim it is translated as a u. There are people in Yarushalyim who greet by saying shalom but others say shalum. Conclusion: The VAV has the sound of U or O. Please don’t blow me off on this. I really need to get a grip on the Fathers name.

    • Jen says:

      Hi Norman,
      I think that the vav becomes an “o” or “u” sound when there’s a dot above it, and as Nehemia teaches, there is a dot above the vav in YHVH. This would make it an “o” or “u” sound.
      In modern Hebrew, there’s also a shortcut that allows for an OFFSET dot to make a vav into an “o-v” combination, not just the “o” sound.
      But I don’t think that was a shortcut in Biblical Hebrew. In Biblical Hebrew, to get an “o-v” sound, you needed one vav (with a dot above it) for the “o,” followed by another vav to be the “v” sound.
      So, that may be the confusion: In Modern Hebrew, the dot does create an “o-v” combination.
      I have listened to all of Nehemia’s teachings on the Name of YHVH several times, but I didn’t get this exact question answered.

      • Norman McDermid says:

        I actually don’t like the Masoretic text markings. It was not used in ancient days.

        • Jen says:

          Yeah, it’s important to know markings used in Biblical Hebrew. I wish I knew more.

        • daniel says:

          The vowel points weren’t needed in the earlier ancient days because everyone knew how words were supposed to be pronounced. They became increasingly necessary as the populations of Jewish communities were spread out and gentile languages were used in everyday speech. They’re absolutely necessary to maintain some cohesion of pronunciation, even so, there are numerous dialects and local accents evident in each individual’s speech patterns (consider all the different accents and dialects in the English language from Northern Scotland to Southern Australia), and yet they can still be considered acceptable, and even authentic. To ignore the vowels, especially in a complex foreign language, will render you nothing but jibberish.

        • Andrew Graham says:

          But, the phonetic sound of “j” has always been there and Serphdic Jews still retain such a sound.

      • Gin May says:

        In Yehovah, the cholam or “dot” above the Vav is actually associated with the Hey meaning that “Yehovah” is pronounced “Ye’-ho-vah.” We see a similar situation in the word “Hoveh.”
        -LG

  • Johnny says:

    Would like to see more explanation of Mater Lectionis and how there can be a cholam that is not attached to a Vav.

  • Brian says:

    My wife brought up a point that neither of us have heard addressed regarding the Name, specifically the treatment of the Yod – Hey – Vav found at the end of so many Hebrew names. If these names end in “yah-u”,why would this pronunciation not apply to the Name of the Almighty, since they are indirect references to Him? I was thinking that there may be a difference when the final letter is a vav, perhaps a grammatical rule. Wife thinks it has to do with the contracted form of the Name rendering the vav as a vowel carrier of sorts, but not when used in the Name. We have no disagreement regarding your evidence in how the vav was pronounced by the rabbis in the actual Name of the Almighty, we just don’t understand why it differs from the pronunciation found at the end of people’s names

    • daniel says:

      Incorporating the Name of God(YeHoVaH) within a personal name, ‘Yeho’ is often used as a Prefix, whereas ‘yahu’ is used as a Suffix. Yeshua is the poetic contraction of Yehoshua (or Jesus and Joshua in the KJV), which means ‘YHVH, He will save’ and by contrast we see that Isaiah in Hebrew is Yeshiyahu and means the exact same thing. “YHVH Gives” can be either ‘Yehonatan’ and/or ‘Netanyahu’. I would highly recommend watching Nehemia’s video presentation ‘The Great I AM Revealed on Shavuot’. I’ve watched it many times and will again. You’ll learn more in less than an hour and a half than you ever thought you would.

  • Hello Nehemia,

    I’ve been debating with a few people, as to whether the Tetragrammaton was spoken by 1st century CE Jews and Christians; they say that it wasn’t and they all used Kurios, sometimes Theos, a seen in all extant NT manuscripts, even the Greek LXX.

    I asked them to provide me with any examples of OT (Hebrew or Greek LXX-up to c.150 CE) antecedents to Kurios or Theos and can they explain the appearance of the Nomina Sacra, where in the same NT chapter and verse previous to the appearance to the Nomina Sacra we see the full Kurios or Theos; they have been giving me the run-around!

    is there anything you have, that can prove, that the Tetragram was vocalised in the 1st century CE, by Jews and/or 1st century Christians, be they of Jewish stock or later converted pagan Gentile stock?

    Many thanks,

    Andy

  • John Nichols says:

    Nehemia Shalom Thank You for allowing Yehovah to bring forth the truth of the scriptures.You have submitted and surrendered to the calling and you are in my prayers daily.I have 1 question can you produce documentation of the word Yah in the KJV?I live in the bible belt of NC near the Cherokee Reservation and all denominations cling to the elizabethan english.I read in hebrew but I have not found documentation of the corruption of the word Yah.Would you Please help me to break thru these walls and present proof of what Yah really is? Shalom Shabuatov, Yochanan

  • Katherine Witherell says:

    Hi Nehemia! My question is simply: how can I see any or all of the statements of the rabbis that “speak out” about the name Yehovah? I already found the book by the one English speaking rabbi so I will buy that one, but I would love to see the others as well and/or own their books if they are available for sale. I am learning Hebrew and expect to eventually be able to read them.

    Thank you so much and Yehováh bless you!

  • Jeff Trainer says:

    Nehemia, Would you please comment on the use of Hebrew mater lectionis in helping to understand the Tetragrammaton’s pronunciation? Thank you. – J. Treinfir

  • Marshall Barnes says:

    I have come to the same conclusion through my personal research, but my question lies in the pronunciation of the vav in the last syllable in the Tetragrammaton. Wasn’t the vav pronounced like a w in anchient Hebrew?

    • daniel says:

      Nehemia’s presentation “Wow, It’s a Vav!” does a good job explaining that one. In a nutshell, all the Jewish communities that say ‘waw’ instead of ‘vav’ have their origins in Arabic speaking lands and there is an inability for arabs to pronounce the ‘vee’ sound. Because they had assimilated their language to the Arabic they lost the ‘vee’ from their pattern of speech. It’s a fascinating linguistic study.

  • Abramtatum says:

    Yod Hay Wav Hay Correction

  • Abramtatum says:

    Nehemiah hi Shalom
    If a Spanish monk from the 13 th century formulated the vocals to form yehovah then it is impossible that the name could have been yehovah, as the other brother explained hovah is more like mischief,and obviously Judge Rutherford and Charles T Russels are the ones who made the name yehovah famous,but for sure it is almost impossible that the name was pronounced as yehovah,sometimes to many human man made insight can let us astray from the truth if any uncertancy please stay with the four letterword Yoh Hay Wav Hay,dont you think so

  • Mike McGuire says:

    Shalom Nehemia! How do you explain the shortening of יהוה to יה/Yah? Is this contraction a common thing in Hebrew, and can you list other examples?

    • daniel says:

      Hallelu Yah! “Praise Y’ah!” Yah is the poetic contraction of Yehovah. The Name is a contraction of “YiHiyeh HoVeh HaYah” (He will be, He is, He was) – say it fast three times. OR, if you have some time to watch ‘The Great I AM Revealed on Shavuot’, you won’t be disappointed.

  • Steve Marlowe says:

    Shalom Nehemia,

    From my studies, Jews have used the vowels of other Hebrew words, such as Adonai, Elohim, and Eloah, to remind the reader not to say the name. Historically this was going on since the 1100’s c.e.. There is evidence from some of the different spellings of the name (Hashem), for example from Strong’s Dictionary: Jehovah (3068) from Eloah, Jehovih (3069) from Elohim, Yahovah from Adonai (136). This practice has added great confusion both for Christians and Jews. Yehovah is problematic for me, as I have thought YAH is superior to Yeh. The Existent God is YAHAWAH (YAH Exists), or you would prefer YAHAVAH. Of these things I am not certain, but close examination of Yehovah, there is this Hebrew word hovah, which means MISCHIEF (Strong’s 1943). So you put those words together, and it would seem to mean YE MISCHIEF! I am serious. I would very much like you to clear this up for me. YAH is found in Strong’s Dictionary
    (3050), Thank you.

    • Brent Creighton says:

      I admit to not having looked at the codices to check, but want to know what was the scribal custom for using Yehovih? Did they indicate it as being a qere perpetuum? Because that one is obviously a qere perpetuum or qere ketiv.

  • Mike Blair says:

    Shalom Nehemia, I have looked through all of your articles and the questions and answers section as well, looking for the correctly written YHVH / YHWH depicted in a Hebrew text as it would be written today in Hebrew, including the vowel points. I simply want to be able to show it in Hebrew with the vowel points correctly depicted when I write an email or Word doc. But I’ve found it so far, only in a picture or video form. I found a Wikipedia page discussing the Name of God and it showed that “Yehovah” should be depicted in Hebrew as follows, is this correct? Thanks, Mike – יְהֹוָה

  • Sweetpea says:

    Nehemia, I have this question. When do you plan to update your book “Shattering the Conspiracy of Silence” to reflect all the additional information you tapped into concerning our Father’s Name, Yehovah? I mean the amount, and type of manuscripts you found it in; the discovery of The Name on old church buildings; title page of the KJV Bible; the testimony of the rabbis?

    Would love to get an email back from you. Thank you, sincerely,
    Shalom Aleichem!

  • Lisa Mounts says:

    My question is. In the 1611 kjv why those translators use greek names and sometimes they dont? They could have spelled yeshua, BUT USE Iesus, but they used a greek name instead of hebrew or english. They most diffenly had yehovah spelled out. Some people say , because there was no j. Well there is the Y some of the real jewish hebrew names didnt need no J. so why they leave his name in greek if they were translating to english?They did other names into english. We are today perfectly capable of pronouncing and can spell names in hebrew. To me the hebrew is easier to learn then greek.

  • Tom Mason says:

    Does the pronunciation of the name YHVH have three syllables as in Yehovah? Or, would it be possible to have only two syllables as is Yahweh? Why or why not? Thanks in advance.

  • Ana Palacios-Sampaio says:

    So is Jehovah in the Bible, the same as Yehovah in the Hebrew? Does that mean it was there all the time, we just weren’t sure, I’m just confused.

  • Wolf Arnold says:

    Hashem told Moshe that His name אֶֽהְיֶ֑האֲשֶׁ֣ראֶֽהְיֶ֑ה is in perpetuity.

    And God said further to Moses, “Thus shall you speak to the Israelites: The L-RD, the G-d of your fathers, the G-d of Abraham, the G-d of Isaac, and the G-d of Jacob, has sent me to you: This shall be My name forever, This My appellation for all eternity.

    Is this statement of Hashem to Moshe valid or is Yehovah an attribute of G-d?

  • Benjamin Schipper says:

    Shalom Nehemiah.

    The manner in which you pronounce Yehovah, according to modern Hebrew, you make no distinction between Qamaz and Patach. However, as far as I know from own research, the Qamaz was a sound between A and O that all Semitic languages and others in that part of the world ​​have. Old scribes like Ibn Esra report that it was the same in Hebrew, and some jewish communities preserved it.. but I’m not sure if Arab influence is responsible for it again. At any rate, it makes no sense for me to use two Nikud symbols for the same vowel a. I learned in my Hebrew studies that the sound of Qamaz depends on whether the syllable is open or closed and whether it´s emphasized or not… but I dont think that this can be the whole explanation.
    Anyhow it is obvious that some sounds of the Hebrew language have been lost. This definitely affects consonants like Ajin, Chet, Tet, Kof and Tzadi, so it would not surprising to me if vowels where lost too.

    I would really like to know your opinion on this and if you have done any studies on it, like you did on the Vav for instance, on which I had to change my mind considering the prove you brought, which I happily do when the evidence demands it. I´d be grateful for an answer.
    Yehovah bless you.

    • daniel says:

      I concur – my sources tell me Q’matz and Patach make ‘Ah’ sound, but I saw one of Nehemia’s videos where he says originally Patach was more like ‘Uh’ – so I’ve adjusted my pronunciation trying to make the distinction. So ‘Hallelujah’ should be like how we said and sang it back in the church 50+ years ago (even a stopped clock is right twice a day).

  • Ezequiel EG says:

    me gustaria que tus reportajes tan importantes, para esta generacion, los pudieras traducir al español. Gracias.

  • KBSavage says:

    Why is the accent not on the second syllable? YeHOVah (like Jehovah), rather than YA-HO-VA, as you’ve been pronouncing it. It just sounds more Hebraic if the accent is on the next-to-last syllable.

  • Reny says:

    What about the contract form name alleluja?

  • Moises GV says:

    Shalom Nehemia.
    I heard names ending in -ah are feminine in Hebrew. If so, does this mean Yehovah is a feminine name of God? Thank you.

  • Jin pyo park says:

    I want to know that there is any connection to the name Jeshua.

    • Evelin Carr says:

      Jeshua is the shortened version of Jehoshua (Joschua) and it is a compound name. The whole name is Jehovah joshia – Jehovah saves. (I write it with a J because it’s the German version, in English you would use the Y.

  • Charles R Perschbacher says:

    While in Israel in 2015 for Sukkot, my wife and I listened to a talk from Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, the Billy Graham of Israel; he stated the name “Yehovah” 4 times in a one hour talk. Maybe you can add another Rabbi to your list who know the name of YHVH… and it’s correct pronunciation.

  • Uzziel Herrera says:

    Nehemiah here is a question for you that no one seems to have the answer regarding the name. So you say that the vowels of Adonai are not the vowels of Yehovah. How can we explain the name varient of Yehovih in which experts claim to have the vowels of Elohim. Why does Yehovih exists?

  • P'alex says:

    Is there a chronological reference to God’s name revealed throughout the ages within the Bible or elsewhere. Like, who was the first to hear God’s name? Adam, Eve? Who is the last recorded? Just really curious. Ooh, and is there any recorded reference to God revealing his name to people in their own language?

  • Malinda Turrentine says:

    The Jews that did use a waw sound how did they pronounce Yehovah ?

  • Jen says:

    HI Nehemia,
    I just sent my question in an email through your “Contact” link, because my post was long and included a personal testimony.
    I got the dates of July 28th and 29th backward: I think it was the 28th that you posted this invitation video and the 29th that I prayed for a chance to ask you questions…meaning Abba answered, even before I prayed~!! 🙂
    (Is that in Isaiah 55?)
    I hope you get to read my email. Thanks!!
    Jen

  • Piper Kelly says:

    Does Yehovah ever actually say, “I am the Lord your God”?

    • Jen says:

      Hi Piper Kelly!
      Exodus 20:2 and Isaiah 41:13 are two places…
      🙂 Jen

      • Semer says:

        Actually, in those verses he says “Yehovah your God”. 🙂

        • Jen says:

          Oh, I see. You’re wondering if Yehovah ever called himself “Lord (as in Adonai) your God” in the original text, prior to man’s translating YHVH to “LORD”?

          Interesting question!!

    • clarkrion says:

      both of the replies you received were mistakenly in error.
      Or I am also in error. In Exodus 20:2 Aleph Pey Kaph Yod was translated as “I am” The “I am” your asking about is Aleph Hey Yod Hey Exodus 3:14 notice the PEY means WORD then KAPH as helping hand from & for the father. then Yod Hey Vav Hey was correctly translated Yehovah which is usually LORD mistranslated in English. Then Aleph Lamed Hey Yod Kaph Again Kaph is like planting reaping. Where as your question seems to be referring to Elohim which is mistranslated in English as God this word is only used once in the bible Isa.65:13 in
      reference to the Babylonian god of fortune. The last letter
      in Elohim is Mem. However there are no letters in Hebrew
      these are called seeds. According to Ps.110: He will be Yehovah also quoted in Matt.22:40-46 by jesus quoting
      King David. Notice David also called Yehovah (Baal means LORD)
      On Isa.41:13 notice strength to right hand or arm Yod
      is the strong right arm of Yehohvah. Aleph Pey Yod. Is “I”
      Note different spellings again not Aleph Hey Yod Hey

      And you thought you were confused. Hope this helps.
      When confused keep reading & pray on the Sabbath.

      • Jen says:

        Thanks, Clark.
        I just printed out your answer, to see if I can digest it slowly ha ha!

        • Rion Clark says:

          sorry Jen sometimes it’s like a cow eating cud I keep trying one bite at a time
          love your returns lol just regurgitating another of mine not yours.

  • John R. Oliver says:

    Does the name Yehovah appear in any ancient non-Hebrew texts? If so what are the oldest texts?

    • Jen says:

      Great question!!!

      • clarkrion says:

        none before vowels were added. however Nehemia knows of the translation written in three languages in one language showing the sounds of the three pronunciations of those languages. written in what looks like musical notes. on stone before vowels. this had the sounds of the name.

        • Jen says:

          Wow, that’s very cool. But if it were musical notes, wouldn’t Yeh-Ho-Ha (without the vav) have the same musical intonations as YeHoVaH?

          I’m connecting this question/post to another guy’s question here, where he asks why there’s a vav sound in the pronunciation when the vav has a dot above it, making an “o” sound instead of the vav.

          That’s my amateur summary of his question. Sorry if I botched it, but… Clark, can you answer it here or else down where the other guy posted?

          I’ll try to find his post and tell you which one it is….

  • Shamira says:

    Shalom again Nehemiah,
    2 Shemuel 12:25 says “And He sent Natan HaNavi and called the name of the baby Yedidyah for Yehovah’s sake”. Would you also include this in your teachings? Thank you very much!
    Shamira

  • clarkrion says:

    My question on the Words direction of being vain with the shem. Trying to inform
    people of the name many will say well you use your Y I will use my J. So because
    of the meaning of jesus compared to Yehoshua or Y’shua has so much description
    and understanding the entire bible would this not also be vain for one to use jesus? Not because of the sound but due to the character or meaning of the Word?

    • Jen says:

      I would certainly think so!

      I have wondered about whether it’s important to tell people not to use “Jesus” because of what Yeshua means literally. Yeshua would be preferable whenever someone is willing to break an old habit!

      But there are so many personal testimonies where Yeshua Himself responds to people who cry out “Jesus!” when they need help or healing (or even authority over demons) that I realize “Jesus” also carries power…and must not be a vain utterance.

      I believe using the name of Yeshua is even more powerful, even if He also responds to Jesus and understands people’s hearts.

      I always want to speak words (and names!) that carry accurate meanings….

  • Shamira says:

    Shalom Nehemia, et al,
    Surely my question is too late, but I still would like to ask you about the wonderful praising evocation “Halleluyah!” At this time of my writing, I did not have yet the opportunity to listen to your video but I surely will and perhaps this has been already covered. In any event, it would be helpful to hear more about this praising evocation.
    May YeHoVah richly bless your dedication in teaching about His Sacred Name! Shamira

  • debarah says:

    Shalom shalom Cannot remember where I heard this but I have a copy of the Phoenician alphabet from the 1400 bc and was told this is where the Hebrew aleph bet came from and is virtually the same. The question is if the Phoenician vav is spelled waw would it not make sense that the original Hebrew was also a waw and not a vav?

  • alanjean777 says:

    Nehemiah, is it at all POSSIBLE ??? that the alternative Divine Name (Adonai) was originally devised as a synonym for YHVH …… by placing the CORRECT vowels from YHVH (i.e. e,,o,a) with Adon-i (my lord) ? Hebrew speakers would read “Adonai”, but (recognising that the vowels were actually those from YHVH … hataf patah, -: instead of sheva, of course), would know that Adonai = YHVH. Shalom, Alan

  • Kitty Corbett says:

    Recently I was reading the Sabbath weekly portion to a Jewish (Reform) friend confined to a wheelchair, from the TANACH which prints “LORD” wherever the sacred name should appear. I would pronounce YHVH on each occasion I saw “LORD” and she protested, the name should not be spoken. I told her that YHVH wanted His people to call on him by name, but I thought she was not satisfied with that. What should I have said?

  • Rachim Baskin says:

    I haven’t read it yet, but I see that David Mitchell music director at Holy Trinity agrees with you: ‘Yehovah’.

    Academia.edu

    He-ach, RN!
    Rachim Ben Rav Aharon (of Chicago)

  • Kevin George says:

    Occasionally, Jehovah is spelled with a chirek on the vav as in Duet.9:26. Many claim that the vowels of Elohim are used when Jehovah appears next to Adonai. Is there an alternate explanation (which would not strengthen the vowels of Adonai argument) ?

    • Devorah Gordon says:

      I’m reposting this great explanation which was left on a previous question.

      מאמין באלהים אחד בלבד
      on November 10, 2017 at 10:42 pm said: Edit

      As you know, the vowel points are not part of the original text. They were added later by the Masoretes.

      In the cases where “Adonai YHWH” appear, YHWH was given the vowel points of Elohim in the Masorah as a device to remind readers to vocalize the phrase this way. Because observant Jews publicly read YHWH as “Adonai”, if they read “Adonai YHWH” that way, they would say “Adonai Adonai”, which for certain reasons is avoided in order to make a theological point.

      Kind regards,
      ניחוח

  • Francisco says:

    Excelente , me gozó en el creador por conseguir juntar esta bandola de eruditos que trabajan duro en lo suyo para que otros podamos trabajar duro en lo nuestro con conocimiento, motivación, expectativa y EMUNA.jejeje.Desde colombia en barranquilla.

    Francisco

  • Cassie Jo Bowen says:

    Why do many use the English letter “W” to represent the vav when they abbreviate the Tetragramaton? YHWH vs YHVH?

  • David M Johnson says:

    I have heard that some rabbis say the missing “vav” in the word “olam” in Shemot 3:15 changes the meaning from “forever” to “hidden”. Therefore the name of God is to be hidden as a memorial to God’s holiness throughout the generations.
    How would I confront this?
    Thanks and may His name be proclaimed

    • Jen says:

      David, hi!!

      I just recently watched one of his videos that answered that question EXACTLY~! I wish I could remember the title of that video for you…but I think it’s in Neh’s series called, “Shattering the Conspiracy of Silence.”

      I think he shows a bunch of examples where that same word “olam” (forever)…written the same way…shows up in other locations, where there’s NO WAY it could mean “concealed.” And Neh shows that the rabbis turned “forever” into “concealed” in only one place, when YHVH says “This shall be my Name, olam.”

      He goes through lots of other Tenach scriptures where it means “forever.” I think one of them is the fact that observance of the Sabbath shall be “olam.” They didn’t turn “olam” into “concealing” in the Sabbath scriptures.

      And there are many more.

      Also, he goes into the exact dates of pagan invasions, with extra-biblical evidence of the moments when uttering the Name became punishable by death.

      If pagans (Greeks, Romans) came in, conquered, set up a statue of Zeus in the temple, sacrificed swine on the altar, and made (1) uttering the Name, (2) circumcising males, and (3) observing the Sabbath all punishable by death, I think we can safely conclude that uttering the Name (out loud) is important~!

      Hope some of this is useful as you address these questions!

      🙂 Jen

  • Daniel Marten says:

    Hi Nehemia,

    I am studying Hebrew. I make this clear right up front because there may be a ridiculously simple answer to the question I am about to ask, and I may feel really dumb when I get the answer. I am a student, however, so I can’t ignore what I can see right before me. This one is driving me nuts.

    I am using Accordance12 (Hebrew Masoretic Text with Westminster Morphology [HMT-W4]), and BibleWorks10 (Westminster Leningrad Hebrew Old Testament [WTT] and Tagged Leningrad Codex Images). Both are based, obviously, on Leningrad. I have not researched other texts.

    Whenever the consonants יהוה stand by themselves (the cases where the English translations translate LORD), they are usually, as you have pointed out often, with an incomplete set of vowels. (I am not including, in this formulation, any occurrence of the name with a prefix.) In most of these cases, the yod is pointed with a sheva, the vav is pointed with a qametz, and the first hey is missing its vowel. Also, we never see the yod pointed with hatef patah, the vowel expected if יהוה is pointed with the vowels for אדני. Whenever we see this case fully pointed, the missing vowel is holem. So far I have not stated anything that you haven’t taught very clearly for years. These are all cases where the English reads “the LORD your God”, or “I am the LORD”, etc. But, I began to see a pattern emerge – those cases when the English reads “Lord GOD”. So, I did a search on אדני יהוה. The results were very interesting.

    There are three cases where the yod is pointed with hatef segol, the vav is pointed with hireq, and the first hey is missing its vowel. In ALL other cases, the yod is pointed with sheva, the vav is pointed with hireq, and the first hey is missing its vowel. If we are true to form, and take the missing vowel as holem, we would have three cases where יהוה is pointed with the exact vowels for אלהים (Gen 15:2, 8; Judg 16:28). In every case there is this pesky hireq, which is not Yehovah. PLEASE help me understand what’s going on here.

    Thanks,
    Daniel

    • מאמין באלהים אחד בלבד says:

      @Daniel Marten

      I’m not Nehemiah, but I will attempt to answer your question.

      As you know, the vowel points are not part of the original text. They were added later by the Masoretes.

      In the cases where “Adonai YHWH” appear, YHWH was given the vowel points of Elohim in the Masorah as a device to remind readers to vocalize the phrase this way. Because observant Jews publicly read YHWH as “Adonai”, if they read “Adonai YHWH” that way, they would say “Adonai Adonai”, which for certain reasons is avoided in order to make a theological point.

      Kind regards,
      ניחוח

      • Devorah Gordon says:

        Great question and explanation. I can’t remember whether Nehemia talks about this in his study “10 Rabbis Speak Out on the Name” or “The Mistake that Got it Right.

  • John R. Oliver says:

    If saying the name Yehovah was banned sometime after the Simon bar Kokhba rebellion shouldn’t His full name appear frequently in the Dead Sea Scrolls since some of them were written as much as 2 – 3 centuries earlier?

  • Dave Christensen says:

    I enjoy making my Father’s Name known. But when talking with (irredeemable) “Trinitarian Monotheists” I use His Name sparingly, and only when I share scriptures saying that Yehovah is One. I don’t want to encourage people to use His Sacred Name for a Pagan concept of God. If they want to call their Trinity “Yahweh”, that’s better than good with me!

    What are your guidelines?

    Second question:

    St. Paul’s Chapel is not the only place where Yehovah is written. If you Google IMAGES you can find YHVH in synagogues and cathedrals all over the world, with the correct vowel points. Yes, correct vowel points! Someone must have known how to pronounce it. His Name has been HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, as is He!

  • James M. Raines says:

    Could the mere uttering of the Name Yehovah usher one into the Presence of Yehovah? I’m reluctant to share, but I just heard you say that you would like everyone to leave a comment on the current discoveries of the Name of Yehovah. Your teaching on the Name with Devorah came at the perfect time for me. My wife of 25 years recently passed away and I have been dealing with uncontrollable fits of raw emotions, everything around me touches off my broken heart. The first two months I did what I’ve done for years, invoke the Name of Yehovah when feeling down. However this has not provided relief. It came to me that you once taught us that the Name is not a word, but a sentence. Trapped by English, I have not been saying the sentence. So I started saying aloud, “YOU are Yehovah” ( wouldn’t be correct for me to say I am Yehovah). The point is I have been getting instant calming relief. This is uncanny. Surely I cannot be the only one doing this?

    • Jen says:

      Dear James,
      First, let me say that I am praying for the Holy Spirit of Comfort to fill you with the Shalom of YHVH. Thank you for your honesty and vulnerability, combined with your recent testimony of relief!
      I heard Nehemia’s teachings on The Name this past week. The Holy Spirit impressed on me that the Name is not a word but a sentence–and I’d never heard Nehemia or anyone say that~!!! I thought it was my own private way of saying The Name!
      So this past weekend, I spoke sentences that I believe came from what I saw in YHVH, and I experienced the favor of YHVH in profound ways.
      Naturally, I am interested in the “sentence” teaching by Nehemia that you mentioned!
      Can you please direct me to it…?
      Thank you for posting!
      Jen

  • Gn says:

    Shalom Aleichem Nehemia Gordon!

    You, your team, and Michael Rood and his team are an answered prayer to my continuous request to Yehovah our God to raise his servants to do what you are doing and beyond! To Him be all the glory from generation to generations and for ever more!

    Here is my question on the name of God:

    Many prophets in Tanak have their names ending in “Yah” relative to God, such as Yesh’YAHu (Isaiah), YirmeYAHu (Jeremiah), OvadYAH (Obadiah), Tz’fanYAH (Zephaniah), Z’kharYAH (Zechariah), NechemYAH (Nehemiah), etc.; a fact traceable to POST Babylonian era, which means less corruption in the ancient Biblical resources. Can this help fundamentally support any claim that the name of God is YAHWEH? What do credible Ethiopian and Aramaic sources said about the name YAHWEH?

    Thank you very much for your commitment to serve as a bright light in the darkness.

    • Jen says:

      Hi Gn,
      I wish I could link the video…but I think Nehemia said somewhere that Yah at the end is different from Yah at the beginning, in names.
      Not that that answers your whole question–which is still an interesting question!
      Jen

    • Joe says:

      Search out the Messiah Yehoshua because only through him can we approach Yehovah Jehovah freely and for forgiveness of our trespasses.

  • Sergio Saavedra says:

    I’m no expert, but my question is: is it plausible that the original pronunciation was Yahovah, being that the origin of the form Yah, and then the first vowel was weakened into Yehovah?

  • Lam says:

    There are many Aleph/Tav את in Tanakh but not shown in the bible. How do these two Hebrew letters connect to Yehovah?

  • Dr. Arnold Wolf says:

    Hashem said that His real name is “IamwhoIam” to Moshe. He stated that this will be His name forever. His other names are nothing more than attributes.Is that not in the Torah?

    • clarkrion says:

      I agree with your thought that the real name of the father is (I AM). However when given to Moshe he was taking the position YHVH. My reasoning comes from Ps.110 & also in Matt. after which no other questions were asked.
      Weather this totally correct I know not.

    • Devorah Gordon says:

      Hi Arnold. I think the Hebrew word you referring to is “LiOlam”, which means “forever”.

  • Dr. Arnold Wolf says:

    In Leviticus 12:1-3, why are women considered unclean ror 33 days? The Torah has answers to all questions found within the Torah and Tanach, not the Talmud. Hashem made man in His image, was Hashem unclean for 33 days?

  • UKJ says:

    Psalm 23 is a wonderful description , made by David, to describe who Yehovah is, in very concrete terms. He is the existing one, friend and the shepherd who feeds and tends to the flock. Is it any surprise that this would have been the message Yehovah gave to Moses and through him exercised ? This whole picture runs through scripture, right to the end, when John the Baptist declares Yeshua to be the lamb of the Shepherd who leads and feeds and tends to the flock…a shepherd’s rod comes to mind and I am surprised this is not refected in the name of Yehovah or is it? Could it be Jehovah? (The Hebrew equivalent of course.) Just a thought and question..

  • Eliyahu says:

    What do you think about the Theorie that the name “yehovah” cames from the “Adonai” of the masora text ?

    If yehovah ist the Name why is the short Version “Yah” ?

    • Jen says:

      Eliyahu–great questions!!
      I wish I could link the exact videos, but if you mean the vowels from Adonai, Neh has talked about both of the points you made in videos I watched this past weekend!!
      Ha ha you just gotta keep watching longer….
      It’s addictive!!
      😉 Jen

  • Keren De Tornos says:

    Shalom Nehemiah.

    What is your take on why is Rabbinic Judaism still today so unwilling to speak aloud the name YHVH?
    Do Rabbi’s feel that we are not righteous enough to cite it aloud?
    If fear of adversaries was the original reason for maintaining the secret of speaking aloud our Creators name, it is obviously no longer a “secret”, so what continues this practice to not utter the authentic name, other than traditional practice that prevents them from citing aloud the actual name of Hashem?

  • Reyes Nava says:

    There was a time when everyday greetings were used to proclaim the name of Yehovah aloud and without fear of condemnation. (Ruth 2:4)

    Now behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, “May Yehovah be with you.” And they replied to him, “May Yehovah bless you.”

    Why has such a wonderful greeting been stolen from lips of those walking the streets and countryside of Israel?

    I bless the day when it can be done again.(yâcaph)

  • Shayla says:

    When Yahovah said unto Moses to tell the children of Israel, “I AM”. WHat does that exactly mean? He is known as Adonai, El Shaddai, Elohim, YHVH, why did God saw “I AM” instead of his actual name?

  • UKJ says:

    it seems that the ” very old ” Hebrew script varies from the modern script. How would that effect the spelling and it’s meaning subsequently? Would the Y become more of a J in the old signs of scripting and subsequent meaning?

  • Yvonne says:

    What are the specific scripture passages that say we can say the name of God aloud? Is it really a blasphemous act to say his name? Is it really a mistranslation or misunderstanding of the scripture when scripture clearly states to “Proclaim” his name?

    • Jen says:

      Yvonne,
      I have been watching a bunch of Nehemia’s videos and I wish I could remember dates and events, but the bottom line is that there were invasions (such as the Greek ruler Antiochus Epiphanes, who took over Jerusalem after Alexander the Great died…and another era where paganism mixed with Hebrew culture in forced ways to create corrupted versions of the Torah like the one that the Samaritans use…and then the Spanish Inquisition, where anyone who believed in the Torah was either forced to convert to Cathol or be kicked out of Jerusalem…).
      I wish I could remember how all of the invasions ended up corrupting translations, but the removal of YHVH…with the new teaching that you are NOT to proclaim that Name out loud (which is the opposite of what was in the Torah!) came from religious leaders who tried to remove the power of that Name from the believers’ daily lives….
      Why would a loving Creator ask his creation NOT to speak His Name? It doesn’t even make sense… especially as He continually asks His people to relate to Him, call upon Him, etc.
      I was visiting with a Jewish student of mine this weekend. She has been told all kinds of things that are the exact opposite of the Torah. Corruption has set in over many centuries, and it’s hard for us to see that what we’ve been told (since we were kids!) was part of the corruption.
      This is why Nehemia is sacrificing so much to do these teachings!! And why so many people are waking up.
      Keep watching his lessons! Maybe you’ll remember the details better than I did!!
      🙂 Jen

      • Devorah Gordon says:

        Hey Jen. Perhaps you are referring to Nehemia’s video “Information Unleashed”. Here is the link
        https://www.nehemiaswall.com/information-unleashed-nehemia-gordon

        In Hebrew Voices, Information Unleashed, Nehemia Gordon explains how the Hebrew Roots of Hanukkah reveal the origin of the pagan ban on God’s holy name. Learn how Judah the Maccabee ignored the noise of the multitudes, to stand against the ban and reclaim the true miracle of this holiday by proclaiming His eternal name! This episode is available as a video and as a podcast.

  • Kirk says:

    Why are Yahuah, and Yahweh not possible based on Hebrew grammar rules?

    • Jen says:

      There’s a video that answers this. I think in the title it says “Wow–The vav is a vav!” or something like that….

      • Devorah Gordon says:

        Hi Kirk. Those aren’t the vowels we find associated with God’s name in the Bible manuscripts. Where did you get those pronunciations from?

  • Timmy Culkin says:

    My Brother (& mentor) Nehemia:
    My question on the name of God is:
    In your discussion of YHVH’s name, you mentioned that God our Father answered Moshe’s question of “what is your name” by saying ‘Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh’ (i.e. I am that which I am), even though we refer to him as YeHoVaH (i.e. He who was, He who is, & He who will be).
    So since God Himself said His name is “Ehyeh”, should we not call him Ehyeh, instead of YeHoVaH? I understand the significance of our referral to Him in all 3 tenses of time, but why should we not call him by what He Himself said?
    Sincerely,
    Your Brother For All Time,
    Timmy Culkin

  • I would like to hear from you regarding what the scriptures say on why the name Yehovah is important. Of course, your personal thoughts are always enjoyed! Thank you for offering this.

    • Jen says:

      Hi bethelsthoughts!
      He goes into this topic (often with tears, because he is so moved by how important it is that we know and say THE Name) on many of his videos with Michael Rood, in his series, “Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence” (or something similar to that title), and in his podcasts with Keith Johnson. I started on YouTube and ended up here, but there are plenty of videos on this topic, so I hope you can look at them!
      🙂 Jen

  • when was the pronunciation rule created to insure the name aspects were to be hidden\ altered, [assumed pronounced differently fore and aft] by suffix prefix differentiation? why do you assert yeho when it is yahu through out the entire collection of scriptural accounts? please explain why you practice this method and when & why it was created and implemented. please advise, if you are right and I am wrong I must change my paradigm and so forth…

  • Zahar says:

    Is it true that the vowel in the Paleo hebrew is w yhwh? The modern hebrew says v, yhvh.
    l now call Father Yehovah my friend said that is from modern hebrew not from Moses time.
    Please help me.

  • prayunceasing says:

    My question is: How do you tell if you are to use the name Yehovah, rather than Lord or Adoni, since I have been told that they are interchangeable, and this confused me.

    • Jen says:

      Dear prayunceasing,
      From what I have learned, the Name was replaced by “LORD” and “God” as a corruption of the text…and the leaders told/tell everyone that these words are the same…but YHVH was in the original text, and we are truly meant to say that Name!
      The words “LORD” and “God” are the same words used for pagan gods and “lords” (the name Ba’al is also equivalent with “lord” or Adonai, I believe!). In the US, since we don’t have a history of worshiping pagan gods, we think using “God” means the One True God, YHVH. But across the world, the words “God” (even with a capital G) and “Lord” are used as titles for pagan gods….
      This is one reason paganism replaced YHVH with a generic “God” (for ambiguity) and it’s the main reason we must use His actual Name, YHVH (or the Hebrew version of YHVH)!
      His Name is above all other names, and we must call on His Unique Name!!
      Jen
      P.S. I think when the modern text has LORD in all caps, it was originally YHVH or Yehovah, and Lord written normally was Adonai or the actual word for Lord.

  • I was listening to a Rabbi Kraft, who stated that we do not publicly say YHVH, but we say it in our daily private prayers. Do certain sects in Judaism follow saying Yehovah in their prayers and others don’t? By not saying his name, are we treating God the way he told us to treat the gods that are no gods, by exterminating their name from our lips … thereby profaning his name? I know you have covered this before, but as our minds are fickle, we need reminders often…

  • Doug Grant says:

    Shalom Nehemia,
    My question is this! When are you coming to Seattle area to speak? there is never a schedule for you coming here… As it is you rarely answer any questions asked on this website of yours and if you were in Seattle I am sure I could you ask one or two personally… I was hoping that maybe you could shed some light on the teachings of Jesus or Yeshua in the context of 1st century Jewish thought.
    Some of his saying can be misconstrued because of our placing our Gentile culture into the Text which is disastrous in understanding correctly what was being said. if you know what I mean. Thanks Doug