Why We Call Upon Yehowah!

Bereshith-Genesis 4:26 ; …….Then it was begun to call upon the Name Yehowah.

We must realize that the Hebrew Scripture is a book or record about Yehowah – The Sovereign One, The Supernal One, and The Mighty One. Yehowah is the Supernal Creator, Yehowah is the Breath of Life, The Mightiest of The mighty ones, and the Sovereign of the heavens and the earth.

We choose to call upon The Name Yehowah

We do not agree with the pagan personal name of a deity called G-d, which is strictly forbidden by Yehowah in Yeshayahu-Isaiah 65:11, being used for and in place of Yehowah.

Yeshayahu-Isaiah 65:11; “But you are those who forsake Yehowah, who forget My set-apart mountain, who prepare a table for Gad, and who fill a drink offering for Meni.”

• Gad – Brown Driver & Briggs page 151 – Strong’s Concordance number 1408 – defined as the god of fortune.
• Meni – Brown Driver & Briggs page 584 – Strong’s Concordance number 4507 – defined as the god of fate.

The Name Yehowah in the Hebrew is to be transliterated from the Hebrew into the various languages. This means that in the course of transliteration, the transliterator must make every reasonable effort to carry-over the sound of the Set-apart Name from the Hebrew into the target language. The key is NOT to translate, but to carry-over the sound of the original Name into a different alphabet.

We see the following names used in various languages:

• Arabic – Allah; Armenian – Aramayd; Assyrian – Ashshur; Babylonian – Anu; Chaldaic – Eilah; Chinese – Shang-Ti or T’ien; Cretan – Thios; Danish – Gad or Gud; Dutch – God;
• Egyptian – Neter; Finnish – Jumala; French – Dieu; Gallic – Diu ; German – Diet & Gott;
• Greek – Theos; Hindustani – Rain; Hungarian – Isten; Iroquois – Orenda; Irish – Dea; Italian – Dio; Japanese – Kami; Lapp – Jubmel; Latin – Deus & Diex; Madagascar - Zanahary; Malay – Alla;
• Hindu – Batara Guru; Norse - Ass; Norwegian – Gad or Gud; Persian – Khuda or Daiva;
• Peruvian – Pachayachachic; Polish – Bogs; Polynesian – Mana; Porteguese – Deus; Runic – As;
• Slavic – Bog; Spanish – Dios; Sumero-Akkadian – Ilu; Swedish – Gad or Gud; Tatar – Magatal;
• Teutonic – Guth; Turkish – Alah & Yulgen

These names are taken from the Encylopedia of Religion and Ethics – vol. 6, pages 243 and 306 – New York – 1928 – James Hastings Edition.

Tsleeleem Shofar Congregation
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