Behind the Name: Comments for the name Yahweh

Comments for YAHWEH:

It's pronounced "YAH-veh" not "YAH-weh." Waw in my opinion should be called vav since there's no "w" sound in Hebrew. Some people refer to it as such since that's how it's pronounced.

-- arrowhead909 4/30/2006

As in any language, there have been changes in the pronunciation of Hebrew. Modern Hebrew doesn't have the w sound, but Ancient Hebrew is believed to have had it. See "Reconstructing the Pronunciation of Biblical Hebrew, A simplified Guide to the Main Points" by David Steinberg
(http://www.houseofdavid.ca/anc_heb.htm).

-- Kosta 6/1/2006

Whenever I've heard anyone at my church read this name out of the Bible they've pronounced it YAH-way. [noted -ed]

-- Liesl 1/28/2011

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