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The God referenced in the bible does, in fact, have a name.
The Tetragrammaton is the usual reference to the Hebrew name for God, which is spelled (in the Hebrew alphabet): (yodh) (heh) (vav) (heh) or (reading right to left = YHVH, or with the Biblical Hebrew pronunciation, YHWH). It is the distinctive personal name of the God of Israel.
In Judaism, the Tetragrammaton is the ineffable Name of God, and is therefore not to be spoken, except by the High Priest within the Holy of Holies in the Tabernacle and Temple in Jerusalem on Yom Kippur. In the reading aloud of the scripture or in prayer, it is replaced with Adonai ("My Lords", commonly rendered as "The LORD" in most modern English translations) or occasionally replaced with "Elohim" (GOD).
Various English spellings of the Tetragrammaton include Iehouah [AD 1530], Iehovah [1611], and Jehovah [1769]. Yahweh, Yehovah, and Y'hovah are also used.
The following works, either always or sometimes, transcribe the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah:
-- The King James (Authorised) Version, 1611: i.e. four times as the personal name of God, and three times in combination names: Gen 22:14; Exodus 17:15; Judges 6:24
-- The American Standard Version, 1901 edition, consistently renders the Tetragrammaton as Je-ho'vah in all 6,823 places where it occurs in the Old Testament.
-- The New English Bible, published by Oxford University Press, 1970, e.g. Gen 22:14; Exodus 3:15,16; 6:3; 17:15; Judges 6:24
-- The Living Bible, published by Tyndale House Publishers, IIlinois 1971, e.g. Gen 22:14, Exodus 4:1-27; 17:15; Lev 19:1-36; Deut 4: 29, 39; 5:5, 6; Judges 6:16, 24; Ps 83:18; 110:1; Isaiah 45:1, 18; Amos 5:8; 6:8; 9:6
-- The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, all editions, consistently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in all 6,823 places where it occurs in the Old Testament.
The Tetragrammaton is the usual reference to the Hebrew name for God, which is spelled (in the Hebrew alphabet): (yodh) (heh) (vav) (heh) or (reading right to left = YHVH, or with the Biblical Hebrew pronunciation, YHWH). It is the distinctive personal name of the God of Israel.
In Judaism, the Tetragrammaton is the ineffable Name of God, and is therefore not to be spoken, except by the High Priest within the Holy of Holies in the Tabernacle and Temple in Jerusalem on Yom Kippur. In the reading aloud of the scripture or in prayer, it is replaced with Adonai ("My Lords", commonly rendered as "The LORD" in most modern English translations) or occasionally replaced with "Elohim" (GOD).
Various English spellings of the Tetragrammaton include Iehouah [AD 1530], Iehovah [1611], and Jehovah [1769]. Yahweh, Yehovah, and Y'hovah are also used.
The following works, either always or sometimes, transcribe the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah:
-- The King James (Authorised) Version, 1611: i.e. four times as the personal name of God, and three times in combination names: Gen 22:14; Exodus 17:15; Judges 6:24
-- The American Standard Version, 1901 edition, consistently renders the Tetragrammaton as Je-ho'vah in all 6,823 places where it occurs in the Old Testament.
-- The New English Bible, published by Oxford University Press, 1970, e.g. Gen 22:14; Exodus 3:15,16; 6:3; 17:15; Judges 6:24
-- The Living Bible, published by Tyndale House Publishers, IIlinois 1971, e.g. Gen 22:14, Exodus 4:1-27; 17:15; Lev 19:1-36; Deut 4: 29, 39; 5:5, 6; Judges 6:16, 24; Ps 83:18; 110:1; Isaiah 45:1, 18; Amos 5:8; 6:8; 9:6
-- The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, all editions, consistently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in all 6,823 places where it occurs in the Old Testament.
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