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.
"Yahweh" pronunciation is more correct (w60 8/1 pp. 453-455)
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psyco
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NotFormer
They worship a scribal error by a 14th century Catholic clergyman. 🙄
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stan livedeath
yhwh is read from right to left--so its pronounced HUWEE
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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"""
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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?
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NotFormer
I'm waiting for the new light that declares the divine name to be Adonai 🙄
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DisgruntledFool
I am waiting for 'New Light' admitting that El Kabong was the True God all along!