But the H is for a certainty pronounced in ancient times so when people pronounce YHWH as Yaa-wey this is totally wrong, there are two H sounds in the name and both were pronounced in ancient times, one clue is Arabic where one of the names for Allah is Yahwah, and is pronounced Yahh-WaHH with emphasis on the last syllable and the H sonds quite audible both times.
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What do you think about Nehemia Gordon theory regarding "Yehovah" as God's name pronunciation that never got completely lost?
by psyco innehemia gordon, in his book "shattering the conspiracy of silence", argues that "yehovah" is god's name pronunciation and it has never got completely lost, giving a linguistic explanation.
what do you think about that?.
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What do you think about Nehemia Gordon theory regarding "Yehovah" as God's name pronunciation that never got completely lost?
by psyco innehemia gordon, in his book "shattering the conspiracy of silence", argues that "yehovah" is god's name pronunciation and it has never got completely lost, giving a linguistic explanation.
what do you think about that?.
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oppostate
Good recap Slim!
Nehemia though, insists that the sound of the letter waw in Hebrew was always like English V, which is just not linguistically accurate. It makes him sound ignorant. Otherwise his arguments would be somewhat convincing, but then there's that pesky Jehovih which with an i at the end does give credence to a qere form for Elohim.
However, I see the form Yehowah as very plausible. Judah's name Yehudah is only different by that middle D, which when taken out gives Yehuah, pronounced about exactly with Yehwah or Yehowah. Besides most ancient texts that use niqqud vowels don't have a Holem vowel point in the word, so if you spell it without the Holem O letter it also gives Yehwah.
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The Impact of Less "Appointed Men" & This Site Thank You
by JWTom inwith the passing minimus, we all may think about what this site has meant to us personally.
i lurked here for quite a few years before becoming active as a poster....still i consider what i have done to be very slight compared with others.
may minimus rest in peace and a big thank you to all that have helped me here over the years.. a new member that is a pimo elder (reservations) posted here about how he could wake people up while remaining a pimo elder.
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the one thing that hurts the WT is available funds, well, the lack of it.
a congregation can be run without any elders, only an ms, heck there have even been cogregations where no qualified baptized brothers were there to take the lead, but if the money keeps coming in, the game is afoot.
no money, then real estate sales follow, and there is only so much local real estate that can be sold before publishers have to go great distances to meet.
the pandemic is hiding much of the situation with the current properties and if there is a large selloff we will see the effect of many waking up. I get a feeling that contributions have taken a tumble these past two years.
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Allegheny Pyramid Desecrated
by RolRod insometime within the last 2 weeks, someone took a sledgehammer to the pyramid monument in allegheny.
they stole the topstone, smashed the cross and crown emblem and removed the seal.. personally i'm surprised it lasted this long untouched.
although through the years russell's grave has been vandalized, it was always repaired by the bible students..
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Yup, the pyramid is now all gone, and the WT now disposes off and hides away yet another of the unsavory reminders of their failed prophesies.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses
by Iamallcool indo jehovah’s witnesses take advantage of people in their low points in life?
do you know of some good examples?
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Here the pioneers get together on Zoom and share letters rhey are sending to people whose name are in the obituaries as family or friend of a dceased person.
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The dumb liberal idiots keep getting dumber
by mickbobcat innow ac is racist.
lmfao.
https://www.vox.com/22638093/air-conditioning-worsens-climate-change-ac.
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it wasnt liberals who broke into the Capitol and fought the guards. It was idiots following Trump. How is that for some realization of who is bringing down the democratic system of government.
To make it more democratic and less federalist lets get rid of the electoral college that puts an idiotic mind controled minority in power time after time.
It was those sort of idiots who followed Trump's wishes and tried to derail the election process.
And those who defend them are as idiotic as they are.
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The dumb liberal idiots keep getting dumber
by mickbobcat innow ac is racist.
lmfao.
https://www.vox.com/22638093/air-conditioning-worsens-climate-change-ac.
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maybe liberals are getting dumber but still not as dumb as the idiots who follow Trumpolini for sure!
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New Approach to Discussing Deity of Christ with JW's
by Sea Breeze in5:27; 9:59; 18:22; jn.
9:48; [21:8]; 24:47; jn.
21:12, 17;] jn.
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yeah like someone is going to read all the unquoted references in the OP, aint nobody got time for that I'm afraid.
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YHWH or is it HWHY ?
by zachias ini ask this as hebrew is read from right to left.. reasonable input is welcome..
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Eegads go to Wikipedia and read a little!
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What JWs don't know they believe
by StephaneLaliberte inin a post this morning, i suggested that a way to wake up fellow congregants is to plainly comment or make talks on teachings and rules the jws don't really know too well.
the idea is that you can say these things, other jws will be bothered by the comments, but will not be able to do anything about it as this is the official teaching or stand on this or that.
the key here is that when troubling rules and teachings are thought in the watchtower, they generally use wording that makes them go down easy.
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the teaching that Jesus Christ is only the Mediator for genuine anointed ones and not for other JWs or worldlies for that matter in opposition to what the Bible says in 1st Timothy, now that's a shocker for many JWs.