Why The B.O.Y.

Posted by Richard Tipsword on July 30, 2016 - 2:58am Edited 7/30 at 10:33pm

Why The B.O.Y.

We are told in 1Kepha (Peter) 3:

15 But sanctify Yahweh our Father in your hearts, and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; humbleness and reverence.

And in 1 Thes. 5:

21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is righteous.

As you can see, we are to prove all things and know the reason for the hope that is in us. We should know why we believe what we believe, not just blindly follow deceivers and be tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine (Eph. 4:14).

Now I want to show you why I will be using The Book Of Yahweh (BOY) as the main English translation. I will go into much more detail later, but for now I want to give you the first reason. I don't use it because it is what I was raised on or because everybody uses it. I use it because I believe it is the best English translation available and what follows is just one reason I have come to that conclusion.

Just one seemingly small thing makes a huge difference, and that is; putting Yahweh's Name where it belongs makes certain scriptures much easier to understand what our Heavenly Father is trying to tell us. I will give a couple of examples.

First, let me explain the difference between translate and transliterate. A translation tells you the meaning of words in another language. A transliteration doesn't tell you the meaning of the words, but it helps you pronounce them. Transliteration changes the letters from one alphabet or language into the corresponding, similar-sounding characters of another alphabet. I will use the Tetragrammaton as an example. In Hebrew, The Name of our Heavenly Father is spelled yod-hey-waw-hey, when it is transliterated into English it becomes YHWH.

About 20 years ago I put together a document I named Elohim. The purpose of the document was to show that the word “Yahweh” and the word “God” were two completely different words with completely different meanings. I wanted to show this just by quoting reference works, with very little commentary from me. I will use the Elohim document as my reference source and at the end of this article I will paste in the entire Elohim document. Let us begin.

Ex. 18:11 (KJV)
11 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

Here it is from Kohlenbeger's Interlinear (Hebrew reads from right to left)

Now here it is from The Literal Bible With Strong's #'s from:
The Bible Library by ValueSoft (used to be available at WalMart)

Exodus18:11 |6258| Now |3045| I know |3588| that |1419| {is} greater |3068| Yahweh |3605| than all |0430| the gods, |0552| truly, |1870| in the manner |1834| in which |2102| they were tested |5921| against them.

As we can plainly see from the last two references, the word translated LORD in the KJV is the word Yahweh, which is Strong's word # 3068 and the word translated gods, is Strong's word # 430. Let's take a quick look at those two words.

Strong's Ref. # 430

Romanized 'elohiym

Pronounced el-o-heem'

plural of HSN0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative:

KJV--angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.

Notice word 430 is the plural of word 433. Also notice that in the KJV, this word is also translated goddess and it is translated mighty (more on that in a later post).

Strong's Ref. # 433

Romanized 'elowahh

Pronounced el-o'-ah; rarely (shortened) 'eloahh {el-o'-ah}

probably prolonged (emphatic) from HSN0410; a deity or the Deity:

KJV--God, god. See HSN0430.

Notice word 433 comes from word 410

Strong's Ref. # 410

Romanized 'el

Pronounced ale

shortened from HSN0352; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity):

KJV--God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."

So the word translated God and god in most Bibles is translated from the words El (singular) and Elohim (plural). Sometimes the KJV translators chose to translate the plural Elohim as God. Notice also that el is translated idol in the KJV. Now let's take a look at the definition of the word el.

EL (el). This is a name by which God is called in the OT-El, the God Elohim of Israel (Gen 33:20). In prose it occurs more frequently with the modifier-El Elyon ("God, Most High," 14:18), El Shaddai ("God Almighty," 17:1), El Hai ("the living God," Josh 3:10), commonly the plural of majesty Elohim. In poetry el is common. The word often stands alone without any adjunct (Ps 18:31; 68:21; Job 8:3). El is a generic name for God in NW Semitic (Heb. and Ugaritic), and as such it is also employed in the OT for heathen deities (Ex 34:14; Isa 44:10). The original generic term was 'ilum, which, dropping the mimation and the nominative case ending u, became el in Heb. The word is derived from the root 'wl, "to be strong, powerful," meaning "the strong one." In Canaanite paganism as reflected in the Phoenician historian Philo of Byblos, A.D. 100, and particularly in the epic religious literature unearthed at Ras Shamra, ancient Ugarit in N Syria, 1929-37, El was the head of the Canaanite pantheon. According to Philo, El had three wives, who were also his sisters. This fluidity of relationship is in accordance with the general irrationality and moral grossness of Canaanite cults. According to Philo, El was a bloody tyrant who dethroned his own father, Uranus, murdered his favorite son, and decapitated his daughter. The Ugaritic poems present him also as a lustful, morbid character. Despite these crimes, El was considered the exalted "father of years" (abu shanima), the "father of man" (abu adami), and "father bull," that is, the progenitor of the gods. Like Homer's Zeus, El was the father of men and gods. The utter moral abandon of El, as well as that of his son, Baal, and his three sister-wives, who were patronesses of sex and war, point to the degrading effects of Canaanite religion and offer adequate moral explanation for the inflexibly stern attitude of the OT toward the religion of the Canaanites and to the Canaanites themselves. The Ras Shamra literature speaks of Canaan as the "land of El," where this deity was absolute in authority over lesser gods. El rapidly declined, however, and was largely supplanted by the worship of Baal, who was equally demoralizing. The Heb. name of God, El, has, of course, no connection with paganism, but is a simple generic term.

M.F.U.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: M. H. Pope, El in the Ugaritic Texts (1955); F. M. Cross, Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, ed. G. J. Botterweck and H. Ringgren (1977), 1:242-60.

I just love the last little comment by Unger: “The Heb. name of God, El, has, of course, no connection with paganism, but is a simple generic term.” More on that later. Now let's take a look at the meaning of the Great and Awesome Name of Yahweh.

Yahweh is word 3068 in Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

Strong's Ref. # 3068

Romanized Yhovah

Pronounced yeh-ho-vaw'

from HSN1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God:

KJV--Jehovah, the Lord. Compare HSN3050, 3069.

Word #3068 comes from word # 1961

Strong's Ref. # 1961

Romanized hayah

Pronounced haw-yaw

a primitive root [compare HSN1933]; to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary):

KJV--beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.

So what is the definition of the Name Yahweh?

YAHWEH

YAHWEH (ya'way). The Heb. tetragrammaton (YHWH) traditionally pronounced Jehovah (see discussion in the articles Lord; [The] LORD) is now known to be correctly vocalized yahwe. New inscriptional evidence from the second and first millennia B.C. point toward this fact. The old view of Le Clerc, later propounded by Paul Haupt and developed by W. F. Albright, has commended itself in the light of the phonetic development and grammatical evidence of increased knowledge of Northwest Semitic and kindred tongues. This thesis holds Yahweh to be originally a finite causative verb from the Northwest Semitic root hwy, "to be, to come into being," so that the divine name would mean "He causes to be, or exist," i.e., "He creates." Amorite personal names after 2000 BC lend support to the Haupt-Albright view, demonstrating that the employment of the causative stem yahweh, "he creates," was in vogue in the linguistic background of early Heb. Another recent etymology is that of Sigmund Mowinckel and James Montgomery. This suggests that Yahu (an abbreviated form of Yahweh current in personal names) is a compound formation ya (O!) and hu or huwa (he), "O He!" The name Yahweh has been found to be unique to Israel and has not been verified as the name of any deity outside Israel. See Jehovah; Elohim.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Julian Obermann, "The Divine Name YHWH in the Light of Recent Discoveries," Journal of Biblical Literature 68 (1949): 301-23; B. Alfrink, Theologische Zeitschrift 5 (1949), pp. 72 ff; B. Alfrink, B. D. Eerdmans and G. J. Thierry, Oudtestamentische Studien 5 (1948): 1-62; W. Zimmerli, I Am Yahweh (1982).

Now for a brief review:

The word god is translated from the words el and elohim ( word nos.410 and 430 ) and mean:

strength, mighty- in the KJV of the bible these words are translated:

God, god, angels,goddess,judges,idol,power,strong,etc.

The word Yahweh (word no. 3068) is the transliteration of the hebrew tetragrammaton -yod-hey-waw-hay (YHWH) and means:

(the) self-Existent or Eternal, to be, to come into being, "He causes to be, or exist," i.e., "He creates." In the KJV of the bible, this word is rendered Jehovah or the word LORD is substituted in its place (more on this later).

Therefore it is easy to see that just from the definitions of these words that Yahweh is The Creator....not god (el) or God (El)! Now back to our original scripture.

Ex. 18:11 (KJV)

11 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

Here it is correctly translated in The BOY:

11 Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all the gods (elohim); for He did this to those who had treated Israyl arrogantly.

Yahweh is telling us that He and He alone is The Creator (by the definition of His Name) and that He is greater than all the elohim (gods)

Now let's look at one more example that shows it is easier to understand when The Name is put in the scriptures the way it was originally inspired to be by Yahweh, but first a little background.

This took place after the Kingdom of Israyl had split into the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom of Yahdah (Judea). Yahshaphat, King of Yahdah went to the King of Israel to join forces against their common enemy.

1Kings 22 (KJV)
1 And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.

2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?

4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.

5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD today.

6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him?

8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

Did you catch that? Yahshaphat said can we inquire of a Prophet of the LORD so they asked and the Lord said he would deliver it and then Yahshaphat said isn't there a prophet of the LORD we can ask and the King of Israel said, sure there is one but I don't like him.

What had occurred here was the Northern Kingdom had already stopped using the Name Yahweh while Yahdah was still using it. Eventually, Yahdah stopped using the Name Yahweh and they completely removed it from The Holy Scriptures. Here it is from The BOY and it will make perfect sense.

1 Three years went by without war between Aram and Israyl.

2 Then in the third year Yahshaphat; Yahweh is Judge, king of Yahdah went down to see the king of Israyl.

3 The king of Israyl had said to his officials; You know that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, but we are doing nothing to take it out of the hands of the king of Aram.

4 So he presented this question to Yahshaphat; Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth Gilead? Yahshaphat responded; I am as you are. My people are as your people. My horses are as your horses.

5 Then Yahshaphat said to the king of Israyl; But inquire this day for the counsel and advice of Yahweh.

6 So the king of Israyl assembled together the prophets about four hundred men, and asked them; Shall I go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I refrain? They all answered him: Go up! Adonai; My Lord, will deliver it into the hands of the king!

7 But Yahshaphat asked; Is there no longer a prophet of Yahweh here, so we may inquire of Him?

8 So the king of Israyl said to Yahshaphat; There remains one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything fit about me, only evil always Micahyah; Who is like Yahweh?, son of Imlah! Then Yahshaphat said; The king should not say such things!

That was just the first reason to use The BOY as my primary English translation; it has the name "Yahweh" where it was inspired to be, and god where it was inspired to be. Now we will go into much more detail about the Name of our Heavenly Father and you will see that the Great Name Of Yahweh truely is THE NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES. I will paste the Elohim document below and I would encourage you to study all of the references, and especially study the other scriptures contained therein. There are several scriptures showing that Yahweh is above ALL gods.

It says in Acts 4 that there is only one Name under heaven by which men must be saved, wouldn't it make perfect sense that Satan would do everything possible to hide that name and the name of the true work? This is a great place to start your study on the name. Don't take my word for it, or anyone's word....PROVE IT FOR YOURSELF! True love in Yahshua Messiah and may Yahweh bless your understanding!

Here is the Elohim document:

Note:

The Scriptures with the numbers are from:

The Literal Bible With Strong's #'s from:

The Bible Library by ValueSoft (available at WalMart)

Exodus18

11. |6258| Now |3045| I know |3588| that |1419| {is} greater |3068| Yahweh |3605| than all |0430| the gods, |0552| truly, |1870| in the manner |1834| in which |2102| they were tested |5921| against them.

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Strong's Ref. # 430

Romanized 'elohiym

Pronounced el-o-heem'

KJV--angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.

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Strong's Ref. # 433

Romanized 'elowahh

Pronounced el-o'-ah; rarely (shortened) 'eloahh {el-o'-ah}

probably prolonged (emphatic) from HSN0410; a deity or the Deity:

KJV--God, god. See HSN0430.

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Strong's Ref. # 410

Romanized 'el

Pronounced ale

shortened from HSN0352; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity):

KJV--God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."

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Strong's Ref. # 352

Romanized 'ayil

Pronounced ah'-yil

from the same as HSN0193; properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree:

KJV--mighty (man), lintel, oak, post, ram, tree.

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Strong's Ref. # 193

Romanized 'uwl

Pronounced ool

from an unused root meaning to twist, i.e. (by implication) be strong; the body (as being rolled together); also powerful:

KJV--mighty, strength.

Source: The Bible Library

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The word god comes from the canaanite word el or elohim.

EL (el). This is a name by which God is called in the OT-El, the God Elohim of Israel (Gen 33:20). In prose it occurs more frequently with the modifier-El Elyon ("God, Most High," 14:18), El Shaddai ("God Almighty," 17:1), El Hai ("the living God," Josh 3:10), commonly the plural of majesty Elohim. In poetry el is common. The word often stands alone without any adjunct (Ps 18:31; 68:21; Job 8:3). El is a generic name for God in NW Semitic (Heb. and Ugaritic), and as such it is also employed in the OT for heathen deities (Ex 34:14; Isa 44:10). The original generic term was 'ilum, which, dropping the mimation and the nominative case ending u, became el in Heb. The word is derived from the root 'wl, "to be strong, powerful," meaning "the strong one." In Canaanite paganism as reflected in the Phoenician historian Philo of Byblos, A.D. 100, and particularly in the epic religious literature unearthed at Ras Shamra, ancient Ugarit in N Syria, 1929-37, El was the head of the Canaanite pantheon. According to Philo, El had three wives, who were also his sisters. This fluidity of relationship is in accordance with the general irrationality and moral grossness of Canaanite cults. According to Philo, El was a bloody tyrant who dethroned his own father, Uranus, murdered his favorite son, and decapitated his daughter. The Ugaritic poems present him also as a lustful, morbid character. Despite these crimes, El was considered the exalted "father of years" (abu shanima), the "father of man" (abu adami), and "father bull," that is, the progenitor of the gods. Like Homer's Zeus, El was the father of men and gods. The utter moral abandon of El, as well as that of his son, Baal, and his three sister-wives, who were patronesses of sex and war, point to the degrading effects of Canaanite religion and offer adequate moral explanation for the inflexibly stern attitude of the OT toward the religion of the Canaanites and to the Canaanites themselves. The Ras Shamra literature speaks of Canaan as the "land of El," where this deity was absolute in authority over lesser gods. El rapidly declined, however, and was largely supplanted by the worship of Baal, who was equally demoralizing. The Heb. name of God, El, has, of course, no connection with paganism, but is a simple generic term.

M.F.U.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: M. H. Pope, El in the Ugaritic Texts (1955); F. M. Cross, Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, ed. G. J. Botterweck and H. Ringgren (1977), 1:242-60.

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Yahweh is word 3068 in Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

Strong's Ref. # 3068

Romanized Yhovah

Pronounced yeh-ho-vaw'

from HSN1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God:

KJV--Jehovah, the Lord. Compare HSN3050, 3069.

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Strong's Ref. # 1961

Romanized hayah

Pronounced haw-yaw

a primitive root [compare HSN1933]; to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary):

KJV--beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.

YAHWEH

YAHWEH (ya'way). The Heb. tetragrammaton (YHWH) traditionally pronounced Jehovah (see discussion in the articles Lord; [The] LORD) is now known to be correctly vocalized yahwe. New inscriptional evidence from the second and first millennia B.C. point toward this fact. The old view of Le Clerc, later propounded by Paul Haupt and developed by W. F. Albright, has commended itself in the light of the phonetic development and grammatical evidence of increased knowledge of Northwest Semitic and kindred tongues. This thesis holds Yahweh to be originally a finite causative verb from the Northwest Semitic root hwy, "to be, to come into being," so that the divine name would mean "He causes to be, or exist," i.e., "He creates." Amorite personal names after 2000 BC lend support to the Haupt-Albright view, demonstrating that the employment of the causative stem yahweh, "he creates," was in vogue in the linguistic background of early Heb. Another recent etymology is that of Sigmund Mowinckel and James Montgomery. This suggests that Yahu (an abbreviated form of Yahweh current in personal names) is a compound formation ya (O!) and hu or huwa (he), "O He!" The name Yahweh has been found to be unique to Israel and has not been verified as the name of any deity outside Israel. See Jehovah; Elohim.

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LORD

LORD. The rendering of several Heb. and Gk. words, which have different meanings:

1. Jehovah (yahweh; Heb. YHWH, "self-existent"). This is used as a proper name of God and should have been retained in that form by the translators. See (The) LORD (below); Yahweh.

2. lord (Heb. 'Adon), an early word denoting ownership; hence, absolute control. It is not properly a divine title, being used of the owner of slaves (Gen 24:14,27; 39:2,7, rendered "master"), of kings as the lords of their subjects (Isa 26:13, "master"), of a husband as lord of the wife (Gen 18:12). It is applied to God as the owner and governor of the whole earth (Ps 114:7). It is sometimes used as a term of respect (like our sir) but with a pronoun attached ("my lord"). It often occurs in the plural.

3. Adonai (Heb. 'adonay), emphatic, "the Lord"; many regard it as the plural of no. 2. It is used chiefly in the Pentateuch-always where God is submissively and reverently addressed (Ex 4:10,13; Josh 7:8) and also when God is spoken of (1 Kings 13:9; 22:6; etc.). The Jews, out of a superstitious reverence for the name Jehovah, always pronounce Adonai where Jehovah is written. The similar form, with the suffix, is also used of men, as of Potiphar (Gen 39:2, "master") and of Joseph (42:30,33).

4. lord, Master (Grk. kurios, "supreme"), he to whom a person or thing belongs, the master, the one having disposition of men or property, as the "owner of the vineyard" (Matt 20:8; 21:40; Mark 12:9; Luke 20:15, see marg.); the "Lord of the harvest" (Matt 9:38; Luke 10:2); the "master of the house" (Mark 13:35, see marg.); "Lord of the Sabbath" (Matt 12:8; Mark 2:28; Luke 6:5), as having the power to determine what is suitable to the Sabbath, and of releasing himself and others from its obligation. The term is also a title of honor sometimes rendered "sir" and is expressive of the respect and reverence with which servants salute their master (Matt 13:27; Luke 13:8; 14:22; etc.); employed by a son in addressing his father (Matt 21:29); by citizens toward magistrates (27:63); by anyone wishing to honor a man of distinction (8:2,6,8; 15:27; Mark 7:28; Luke 5:12; etc.); by the disciples in saluting Jesus, their teacher and master (Matt 8:25; 16:22; Luke 9:54; John 11:12; etc.). This title is given to God, the ruler of the universe, both with the article ho kurios (Matt 1:22; 5:33; Mark 5:19; Acts 7:33; 2 Tim 1:16,18; etc.) and without the article (Matt 21:9; 27:10; Mark 13:20; Luke 2:9,23,26; Heb 7:21; etc.). The title is also applied to Jesus as the Messiah, since by His death He acquired a special ownership of mankind and after His resurrection was exalted by a partnership in the divine administration (Acts 10:36; Rom 14:8; 1 Cor 7:22; 8:6; Phil 2:9-11).

5. Baal (Heb. ba`al, "master"), applied only to heathen deities, or to the man as husband, and so on, or to one specially skilled in a trade or profession. See Baal.

6. Other and less important words in the original are rendered "Lord," such as mare', "master" (Acts 2:47), an official title, and seren, a Philistine term found in Joshua, Judges, and 1 Samuel, where "the lords of the Philistines" are mentioned.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: E. Lohmeyer, Kyrios Christos (1928); W. Bousset, Kyrios Christos (1935).

(THE) LORD; KJV, "Jehovah" (je-ho'va; Heb. YHWH, LXX; usually ho Kurios). The name of God most frequently used in the Hebrew Scriptures but commonly represented-we cannot say rendered-in the KJV and NIV by LORD.

Pronunciation. The true pronunciation of this name, by which God was known to the Hebrews, has been entirely lost, the Jews themselves scrupulously avoiding every mention of it and substituting in its stead one or other of the words with whose proper vowel points it may happen to be written, usually the name Adonai. They continued to write YHWH, but read Adonai. Where God is called "My Lord Jehovah" (Heb. Adonai YHWH), Elohim was substituted to avoid the double Adonai. When the vowel points were added to the Heb. text the rule, in the case of words written but not read, was to attach to these words the vowels belonging to the words read in place of them. Thus they attached to YHWH the points of 'adonay; hence the form Yehowah and the name Yeh'v'h. The strong probability is that the name Jehovah was anciently pronounced Yahweh, like the Iabe of the Samaritans. This custom, which had its origin in reverence, and has almost degenerated into a superstition, was founded upon an erroneous rendering of Lev 24:16, from which it was inferred that the mere utterance of the name constituted a capital offense. According to Jewish tradition, it was pronounced but once a year by the high priest on the Day of Atonement when he entered the Holy of Holies; but on this point there is some doubt.

For the LeClerc-Haupt-Albright view that Yahweh was originally a causative finite verb see Yahweh.

Import. The passage in Ex 3:14 seems to furnish designedly a clue to the meaning of the word. When Moses received his commission to be the deliverer of Israel, the Almighty, who appeared in the burning bush, communicated to him the name that he should give as the credentials of his mission: "God said unto Moses, I am that I am [Heb. 'ehyeh 'asher 'ehyeh]: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I am hath sent me unto you" (KJV).

In both names 'ehyeh and YHWH, the root idea is that of underived existence. When it is said that God's name is He Is, simple being is not all that is affirmed. He is in a sense in which no other being is. He is, and the cause of His being is in Himself. He is because He is. But compare the etymology that Yahweh means "He causes to be"-"He creates" (P. Haupt and W. F. Albright's view). See Yahweh.

When Made Known. The notice in Ex 6:3, "By my name Jehovah was I not known to them" (KJV), does not imply that the patriarchs were completely ignorant of the existence or the use of the name. It simply means that previous to their deliverance from Egyptian bondage they had no experiential knowledge of such redemption. Under Moses they were to experience such deliverance and have the redemptive power of God made real to them and the redemptive name of God vouchsafed to them. Previously, as shepherds in Palestine, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had known God as El Shaddai ("the Almighty," Gen 17:1, KJV), proving His power, but not in redemption as such.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: W. Eichrodt, Theology of the Old Testament (1975), 1:187-92; J. Kitto, Daily Bible Illustrations (1981), 1:372-74.

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Judges 2

13. |5800| So they abandoned |3068| Yahweh, |5647| and served |1168| Baal |6252| and the Ashtoreths.

Strong's Ref. # 1168

Romanized Ba`al

Pronounced bah'-al

the same as HSN1167; Baal, a Phoenician deity:

KJV--Baal, (plural) Baalim

Strong's Ref. # 1167

Romanized ba`al

Pronounced bah'-al

from HSN1166; a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense):

KJV-- + archer, + babbler, + bird, captain, chief man, + confederate, + have to do, + dreamer, those to whom it is due, + furious, those that are given to it, great, + hairy, he that hath it, have, + horseman, husband, lord, man, + married, master, person, + sworn, they of.

Strong's Ref. # 1166

Romanized ba`al

Pronounced baw-al'

a primitive root; to be master; hence, (as denominative from HSN1167) to marry:

KJV--have dominion (over), be husband, marry(-ried, X wife).

Strong's Ref. # 1166

Romanized ba`al

Pronounced baw-al'

a primitive root; to be master; hence, (as denominative from HSN1167) to marry:

KJV--have dominion (over), be husband, marry(-ried, X wife).

BAAL

BA'AL (ba'al; Heb. ba`al, "lord, possessor").

1. A common name for god among the Phoenicians; also the name of their chief male god. See Gods, False.

2. The word is used of the master of a house (Ex 22:7; Judg 19:22), of a landowner (Job 31:39), of an owner of cattle (Ex 21:28; Isa 1:3), and so on. The word is often used as a prefix to names of towns and men, e.g., Baal-gad, Baal-hanan.

3. A Reubenite, son of Reaiah. His son Beerah was among the captives carried away by Tiglath-pileser (which see; 1 Chron 5:5-6), before 740 BC

4. The fourth named of the sons of Jeiel, the founder of Gibeon, by his wife Maacah (1 Chron 8:29-30; 9:35-36).

5. The name of a place (1 Chron 4:33), elsewhere called Baalath-beer (which see).

IBLIOGRAPHY: A. S. Kapelrud, Baal and the Ras Shamra Texts (1952); J. Gray, The Canaanites (1956); W. F. Albright, Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan (1968); G. R. Driver and J. C. L. Gibson, Canaanite Myths and Legends (1978).

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REVIEW:

The word god is translated from the words el and elohim ( word nos.410 and 430 ) and mean:

strength, mighty- in the KJV of the bible these words are translated:

God, god, angels,godess,judges,idol,power,strong,etc.

The word Yahweh (word no. 3068) is the transliteration of the hebrew tetragrammaton -yod-hey-waw-hay (YHWH) and means:

(the) self-Existent or Eternal, to be, to come into being, "He causes to be, or exist," i.e., "He creates." In the KJV of the bible this word is rendered Jehovah or the word LORD (baal) is substituted in its place.

Therefore it is easy to see that from the very definitions of these words that Yahweh is The Creator....not god (el) or God (El)!

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What say the Scriptures?

PSALMS 96

4. |3588| For |1419| {is} great |3068| Yahweh |1984| and to be praised |3966| greatly. |3372| To be feared |1931| He {is} |0000| above |3605| all |0430| gods.

5. |3588| For |3605| all |0430| the gods of |5971| the peoples |0457| {are} idols. |3068| But Yahweh |8064| the heavens |8384| made.

4. For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.

5. For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens. (KJV)

Properly translated in The Book of Yahweh:

4 For Yahweh is great, and greatly to be praised! He alone is to be reverenced, but not the gods (elohim)!

5 For all the gods (elohim) of the nations are idols; but Yahweh made the heavens. (Yahweh is the Creator)

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EXODUS 18

11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods; for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly, He was above them. (KJV)

Properly translated in The Book of Yahweh (BOY):

11.Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all the gods (elohim); for He did this to those who had treated Israyl arrogantly.

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PSALMS 97

9. |3588| For |0859| You, |3068| O Yahweh, |5945| {are} high |0000| above |3605| all |0776| the earth. |3588| For |5927| You are exalted |5921| above |3605| all |0430| gods.

9. For thou, Lord, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods. (KJV)

9 For You, O Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth! You are exalted above every god (el)! (BOY)

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EXODUS 12

12. |5647| And I will pass through |0776| in the land of |4714| Egypt |3915| during night |2088| this, |5221| and I will strike down |3605| every |1060| firstborn |0776| in the land of |4714| Egypt, |0120| from man |5704| and to |0929| livestock. |4390| And upon all |0430| the gods of |4714| Egypt |6213| I will execute |8201| judgments. |0589| I |9999| {am} |3068| Yahweh.

12. For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord. (KJV)

12. For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt; both men and animals, and I will execute juchment on all the gods (elohim) of Egypt. I am Yahweh. (BOY)

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Did the Prophets warn us?

YEREMYAH (JEREMIAH) 8

8. |0349| How |0559| do you say, |2450| wise |0587| We {are} |8452| and the law of |3068| Yahweh {is} |0853| with us? |0403| certainly. |2009| Look, |8267| deceit |6213| has practiced |5842| the pen of |8267| the lie of |5608| the scribes.

8. How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. (KJV)

8 How can you say; We are the wise, and the Law of Yahweh is with us? Behold, the lying pen of the scribes has falsified them, and written them wrong! (BOY)

We see we have a problem with scribes (and modern day translators) copying and translating things (especially Yahweh's Name) wrong!

YEREMYAH (JEREMIAH) 16

19. |3068| O Yahweh |5797| my strength |4581| and my stronghold |4499| and my refuge |3117| in the day of |6864| distress, |0000| to You |1471| the nations |0935| will come |7089| from the ends of |0776| the earth, |0559| and say, |0389| Only |3576| lies |5157| have inherited |0001| our fathers, |1892| vanity, |0369| and not is |0000| in them |3276| profit.

20. |6213| Can make |0000| for himself |0120| a man |0430| gods? |1992| But they {are} |3808| not |0430| gods!

21. |3651| Therefore, |2009| look, I |3045| will make them know. |6471| time |0000| This |3045| I will make them know |3027| My hand |0000| and |1369| My strength. |3045| And they will know |0000| that |8034| My name {is} |3068| Yahweh.

19. O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

20. Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?

21. Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The Lord. (KJV)

19 O Yahweh, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles will come to You from the ends of the earth, and will say: Surely our fathers have inherited nothing bur lies and vanity: worthless powerless gods (elohim), of no use at all!

20 Do men make gods (elohim) for themselves? Yes, but they are powerless!

21 Therefore behold, I will make them to know-this time I will teach them My power and might; and they will know that My Name is Yahweh!

YEREMYAH (JEREMIAH) 23

19. |2009| Look, |5591| the tempest of |3068| Yahweh |2534| {in} wrath, |3318| has gone forth |5591| even a tempest |2342| whirling. |5921| On |7218| the head of |7563| the wicked |2342| it will whirl.

20. |3808| not |5437| will turn back |0639| The anger of |3068| Yahweh, |5704| until |6213| He has executed, |5704| and until |6965| He has carried out |4209| the purposes of |3820| his heart. |0319| In latter |3117| days |8085| you will understand |1961| it |0998| {with} understanding.

21. |3808| not |7971| I have sent |5030| the prophets, |1992| yet they |7323| ran. |3808| not |1696| I have spoken |0000| to them, |0000| yet they |5012| prophesied.

22. |0518| But if |5971| they had stood |5475| in My counsel |8085| then they had made heard |1697| My words |5971| My people, |7725| then they had turned them |1870| from their way |7451| evil |7451| and from the evil of |4611| their actions.

23. |0430| a God |7138| from near by |0589| I {am}, |0559| says |3068| Yahweh, |3808| and not |0430| a God |7350| from afar.

24. |0518| Or |5640| can hide himself |0376| a man |4565| in hiding places |0589| so that I |3808| not |7200| do see him, |0559| says |3068| Yahweh? |3808| not |8064| the heavens |0000| and |0776| the earth |0589| I |4393| Do fill, |0559| says |3068| Yahweh?

25. |6085| I have heard |4100| what |0559| said |5030| the prophets, |5012| who prophesy |8034| in My name |3576| lies, |0559| saying, |2492| I have dreamed, |2492| I have dreamed.

26. |5704| Until |0000| when |3426| there is |3820| in the heart of |5030| the prophets, |5030| prophets of |3576| lies, |5030| and prophets of |8649| the deceit of |3820| their own heart?

27. |2803| {They} plan |7911| to make forget |5971| My people |8034| My name |2472| by their dreams |0834| which |5608| they tell |0376| each man |7453| to his neighbor. |0000| As |7911| have forgotten |0001| their forefathers |8034| My name |1168| for Baal!

19. Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.

20. The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider(understand in the BOY) it perfectly.

21. I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

22. But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words,(laws in the BOY) then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

23. Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?

24. Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

25. I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

26. How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;

27. Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal. (KJV)

27 Who devise; plan and scheme, to cause My people to forget My Name through their dreams, which they tell every man to his neighbor, just as their fathers have forgotten My Name for Baal: Lord (BOY)

How do we know who the false prophet is?

DEUTERONOMY 13

1. |0000| If |5927| rises |0000| among you |5030| a prophet |0000| or |2492| a dreamer of |2472| dreams |5414| and gives |0000| you |0226| a sign |0000| or |4159| a wonder,

2. |0935| and comes to pass |0226| the sign |4159| or the wonder |0834| which |1696| he foretold |0000| to you, |0559| saying, |1980| Let us go |0310| after |0430| gods |0312| other |0834| which |3808| not |3045| you have known |5647| and let us serve them!

3. |3808| not |8085| You must listen |0413| to |1697| the words of |5030| prophet |0000| that, |0000| or |0413| to |2492| dreamer of |2472| dreams |0000| that, |0000| because |5254| {is} testing |3068| Yahweh, |0430| your God, |0000| you, |3045| to know |0000| whether you are |0157| ones who love |3068| Yahweh, |0430| your God, |3605| with all |3824| your heart |3605| and with all |5315| your soul.

1. If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and

2. And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;

3. Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

1 If there arises among you a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder,

2 And the sign or the wonder he spoke to you comes to pass, but then he says: Let us follow after gods; elohim, (which you have not known) and let us serve them,

3 You must not listen to the words of that prophet or the foreteller of dreams, for Yahweh your Father is testing you to know whether you love Yahweh your Father with all your heart and all your soul, or whether you do not. (BOY)

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What about the future?

HOSHEYAH (HOSEA) 2

16. |1961| And it will be, |3117| on day |0000| that, |0559| says |3068| Yahweh, |7121| you will call, |0376| My husband, |3808| and not |7121| will call |0000| Me |5750| anymore, |1167| My Baal,

17. |5493| because I will take away |8034| the names of |1168| the Baals |6310| from her mouth. |3808| And not |2142| they will be remembered |5750| anymore |8034| by their name.

16 And it will be in that day, says Yahweh: that you will call Me Ishi; My Husband, and will no longer call Me Baali; My Lord!

17 For I will take away the names of Baalim; the Lords, Gods (Elohim), and Goddesses, out of her mouth, and their names will no longer be called upon! (BOY)

16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. {Ishi: that is, My husband} {Baali: that is, My lord}

17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. (AV with footnotes from The Word by Online Bible)

16 "And it shall be at that day," saith the LORD, "that thou shalt call Me ‘Ishi’ that is, My husband, and shalt call Me no more ‘Baali’ that is, My Lord.

17 For I will take away the names of the Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. (KJV with footnotes from The Word from Online Bible)

16 And it hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah, Thou dost call Me-My husband, And dost not call Me any more-My lord.

17 And I have turned aside the names of the lords from her mouth, And they are not remembered any more by their name.(YLT (Young's Literal Translation))

ZECHARYAH (ZECHARIAH) 14

21. |1961| And will be |3605| every |6517| pot |3389| in Jerusalem |3063| and in Judah |6944| holy |3068| to Yahweh of |6635| armies. |0935| And will come |3605| all |2026| those who sacrifice |0394| and take |0000| from them, |1310| and boil |0000| in them. |3808| And not |1961| there will be |3669| a trader |5750| again |1004| in the house of |3068| Yahweh of |6635| armies |3117| on day |0000| that.

21. Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the Lord of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts. (KJV)

21 Yes, every pot in Yerusalem and Yahdah will be holy to Yahweh of hosts, so that all who sacrifice may come and take of them, and boil the meat of the sacrifices in them. And in that day there will no longer be a Canaanite; a god (el) worshiper, in The House of Yahweh of hosts. (BOY)

YEREMYAH 10

25. |8210| Pour out |2534| Your wrath |5921| on |1471| the nations |0000| who |3808| not |3045| do know You, |5921| and on |4940| families |0000| who |8034| on Your name |3808| not |7121| do call. |3588| For |0398| they have devoured |3290| Jacob. |0398| And they devoured him |3615| and consumed him |5116| and his dwelling |8074| have made desolate.

25. Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate. (KJV)

25 Pour out your fury upon the heathen who do not know You! And pour out Your wrath upon the families who do not call with Your Name! For they have eaten up Yaaqob; devoured him and consumed him, and have made his habitation a desolate waste. (BOY)

YAHYL (JOEL) 2

32. |1961| Because it will be |3605| {that} all |0000| who |7121| will call |8034| upon the name of |3068| Yahweh, |4422| will be saved, |3588| because |6726| in Zion |2022| Mount |3389| and in Jerusalem |1961| will be |8668| salvation, |0000| as |0559| has said |3068| Yahweh, |8432| and among |8300| the saved |0834| whom |3068| Yahweh |7121| will call.

32. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call. (KJV)

32 And whoever will call with the Name of Yahweh will be delivered; for in Mount Zion in Yerusalem there will be deliverance, as Yahweh has said, among the remanant who has escaped of those whom Yahweh calls.

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CONCLUSION:

ISAYAH 42

8. |0589| I {am} |3068| Yahweh. |0000| That {is} |8034| My name. |3519| And My glory |5997| to another |3808| not |5464| I will give, |8416| and My praise |6456| to carved images.

8. I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images

8 I am Yahweh, that is MY NAME; and My glory I will not give to another, nor My praise to graven images.

yes! it really is as simple as: I AM YAHWEH, THAT IS MY NAME! therefore-

YAHSHUA (JOSHUA) 24

15. |0000| And if |7451| {it is} wrong |5869| in your eyes |5647| to serve |3068| Yahweh, |0977| choose |0000| for yourselves |3117| today |0834| whom |6547| you will serve-- |0000| whether |7243| the |0430| gods |0834| whom |5647| served |0001| your forefathers, |0834| which {were} |1973| beyond |5104| the River, |0000| or |0430| the gods of |0567| the Amorite |0000| whose |0000| you |3427| are dwelling |0776| in land, |0000| but as for me |1004| and my household, |5647| we will serve |3068| Yahweh!

15 But if it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve-whether the gods (elohim) your fathers served on the other side of the River; Euphrates, or the gods (elohim) of the Amorites, in whose land you now live;

BUT AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE:

WE WILL SERVE YAHWEH

ALL PRAISE, HONOR, AND GLORY GOES TO MY HEAVENLY FATHER, WHOSE AWSOME AND GREAT NAME IS YAHWEH,BLESSED BE THE NAME OF YAHWEH, HALLELUYAHWEH-

PRAISE YAHWEH!

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