What’s in a Name?

When Moses encountered God for the first time, he asked Him, “When I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” (Ex. 3:13). God replied, “I AM WHO I AM” (v. 14), adding, “This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations” (v. 15). God reveal

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3 thoughts on “What’s in a Name?

  1. The Hebrew is not YHWH but YHVH. In the Biblical Hebrew there is no W in the alphabet but it is the V. Dr. Price is generally reliable but in this instance it is inaccurate of him to say early Christian scholars erred in calling Him Jehovah. It would be Yehovah in Hebrew and indeed Jehovah in English. Naturally it’s too late for him to retract the discrepancy and correct it.

  2. Hello there
    This is so timely
    I have been reading that Hashem means the Name
    Elohim – pluralality of God
    Psalm 138 says he has magnified the word above all of his name
    John 1:1 mentions Dvar Hashem word of the name was with god and is God
    Psalm 29 speakers of the name being sound / voice? Rushing wind – Dividing fire ( flames of fire divided on each of the people in upper room of Holy Ghost) Pentecost
    So do we use Adonai, Elohim, God, the name ( Hashem) ?? Does it matter ?
    Or Abba, Papa ?? To give Him due reverence

  3. I had assumed Moses inserted the YHWH’s name as he recorded the history of the patriarchs, but they had not actually known God by that name until YHWH revealed His name to Moses.

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