YHWH יהוה

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Jan 4, 2025 · 1m

In the second chapter of Genesis, we see a shift from God referring to himself as just אֱלֹהִים to יהוה אֱלֹהִים. This new name God uses to identify himself is our word for today. יהוה is used 6,826 times in the Hebrew Bible our Old Testament. The phrase of LORD God is used 10 times in chapter two. The Bible translates LORD with all caps instead of just YHWH God because they are honoring the tradition of not speaking God’s name out loud after several hundred years had passed the Masoretes inserted vowel points into the Hebrew words. Since no one knew what vowels to put into the word, so they…