"Yahweh" pronunciation is more correct (w60 8/1 pp. 453-455)

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  • psyco
    psyco

    https://wol.jw.borg/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1960561 (substitute .borg with .org)

    Furthermore, today in every JW publication the Tetragrammaton is rendered as YHWH which is more preserved by YAHWEH than by JEHOVAH.

  • NotFormer
    NotFormer

    They worship a scribal error by a 14th century Catholic clergyman. 🙄

  • stan livedeath
    stan livedeath

    yhwh is read from right to left--so its pronounced HUWEE

  • Beth Sarim
    Beth Sarim

    Aid to Bible Understanding. 1971. Big blue book.

    Which Raymond Franz helped produce. Go to pages 884 & 885. It talks about all of this specifically.

    You'll see why the Borg wanted its older publications back some years ago.


  • Athanasius
    Athanasius

    The JW leadership probably decided it was too expensive to change their name to Yahweh's Witnesses, even though this was the more correct pronunciation of the Divine Name.

  • Vidqun
    Vidqun

    Here's Nehemian Gordon, a Karaite Jews opinion. According to him Jehovah is not that far from the truth. He explains why he thinks so:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vgXMmBst8w

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA3VKpVP17U&t=1441s

  • Beth Sarim
    Beth Sarim

    Bang on. Athanuis.

    That nails it.

    Instead the Borg says things like : "" at times we might have said this or that or done things like...""

    But,,, what you'll never hear is "" we were wrong about certain things,, we own up & fix our mistakes"""

  • Balaamsass2
    Balaamsass2

    Does it matter?

    Do we have any idea of how bronze-age goatherders pronounced anything?

    Where are the "two or more witnesses" to confirm the stories?

  • NotFormer
    NotFormer

    I'm waiting for the new light that declares the divine name to be Adonai 🙄

  • DisgruntledFool
    DisgruntledFool

    I am waiting for 'New Light' admitting that El Kabong was the True God all along!

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