I think you'll find Makemake to be a dwarf planet dear internet person. :-) It hasn't cleared it's local surroundings in the kupier belt (a requirement for planet status) @@42carlos
Not a god as such (she/he is a bodhisattva: someone who achieves enlightenment but puts off their own oblivion in Nirvana to help those left behind to reach their enlightenment) but i'm fond of Kwan Yin who uses her/his willow sprig to sprinkle the waters of mercy wherever she/he goes.
I think that by calling the christian/jewish/muslim god "God" is also a way of asserting that there is only one. Not just for the practical explanation that because they believe in only one they don't have to call them by name. I think that these religions, particularly, christianity have subtle ways of asserting dominance and this is one. By calling their god 'God' they are saying essentially that they are the only real one.
hello my friends, as a Christian I hope you can personally get to know the Holy Trinity if you don't already as God cares for personal relationship 😊 if you don't believe in God I will say God miraculously healed me of my chronic breathing issues that plagued me if not most nights then every single night for years God did this healing instantly within group prayer over my health
Wrong as the muslim god is a demon moon 🌙 god...called lah ....which is from the Arabic ancient demon god hubal....which is Baalzeebub....which is Satan. Muslims worship Satan...like jews ...as they reject Jesus who is God.
@@syedhassan-xj5ohWe do, anybody with basic arabic skills does." الله" is made up of two parts and that is “ال” which means ‘The’ pronouced ‘al’ and “إله” which means God pronounced ‘ilah’. Allah is a contraction of Al-ilah .
Northern Israelite/Samaritan sources often use "El Elyon" which means "the Highest God" and that was his canonical name in the original Canaanite pantheon, so in a technical sense simply calling God "God" even predates Judaism.
I know the theory that "El Elyon" was the high god, and "Yahweh" originally one of his subordinates in a pantheon, who was the god of Israel only. Only later were they theologically combined where God says "I know you think El and Yahweh are two different names, but it's only me, I'm the one and only guy".
Originally, "El" was the name of a specific deity, but over time, it became a general term meaning "God." Similarly, "Ur" was initially the name of a specific city, but later evolved into a common noun used to describe any city. This evolution is reflected in compound names like "Ur-Salem," where "Ur" signifies 'city,' forming the name 'City of Salem.' Aka Yerushalayim
@@Pooply21 In the same way, I think "Baal" just means "Lord", so you get combined names like "Baal-zebub" (Lord of the Flies) or "Baal-zebul" (Lord of the House)
I would recommend checking out and testing the research The God Culture have done about the Ancient Hebrew Language and their Perspective including their Name of God Series where they found out that YHWH in Ancient Hebrew means Yahuah.
From what I understand, the pronunciation "Yahweh" was preserved in some Greek writings thanks to the Samaritans not having any taboos about pronouncing it. It appeared in these texts as either "Iabe" or "Iaoue".
@@kooldudematt1 Laban or Nabal, EL, Eliezer or Lazarus is actual the Rich Fool aka Exlai and Helios, Elias, Elymas. Jabe, Jaoue is EL the old of days. Uriah the husband of bathseba fooled by david is Ouranos. Davids father is Jesse or Iesse/Isai from where Isaiah is derived.
@@nathansenpai9538 you appear to have mistaken Yehovah for Yeshua (said in the Bible to be related to the Hebrew/Aramaic word for "Save", as the angel of God said He should be named), which is just the Hebrew/Aramaic way of saying the name of the Lord *Jesus* Christ, as far as I can tell (as a Christian), we never use "Yehovah/Jehovah" to refer to Jesus, rather referring to him by his name, title, or both (Jesus of Nazareth, The Christ (Messiah/Anointed One))
As a Christian, I, and fellow believers around me, tend to use both Yahweh and Jehovah interchangeably, we know it's all talking about the same person. Also, as I've been studying Hebrew, Jews also call YHWH simply HaShem, or in English, "The Name"
@@mattreynolds3178 No, as mentioned in the video, Jews consider the name YHWH holy. Which, Christians do too, we don't go around saying YHWH willie nillie, it's mainly God. But anyway, since the Jews consider it holy, when they see YHWH they say Adonai, which simply means "Lord". You'll even see it in the English translations, where they translate YHWH to capital L smaller capital ORD. When Jews do say it, I think they just insert the same vowels in Adonai for YHWH, so they'd say like Yahovah.
@@Machodave2020 I don't often use their Hebrew names, mainly since I'm an English-speaking American. But, when I do, I normally say Yahweh and Yeshua. Elohim and Jehovah only when I'm reading something with it, although I know it's all talking about God. I never say the Holy Spirit in Hebrew, mainly cause I didn't know what it was in Hebrew. 😂
@@coleedward9642 I'm also an English-speaking American, the only reason I use the Hebrew names is because me and my folks wanted to stay away from the English names - and latinized names as well. Don't get me wrong, I oftentimes will still say Father, Jesus, and Holy Spirit - I don't care what anybody says, it's not "Holy Ghost"- because that's what we called them when I was younger and this switch is fairly recent so I'm still adjusting to the change, also a lot of Christians won't know who I'm talking about if I use the Hebrew names. Some of the reasons we decided to go with the Hebrew names as opposed to Greek or some others is because even though a lot of Christians don't want to admit it, our God is the God of the Hebrew Israelites - the Yahudin. Why wouldn't we call God by his name in the language spoken by the people who originally chose (Hebrew or Aramaic)?
It would be interesting to know how Christians in traditionally polythetic societies call their God. Here in Taiwan for example, I think they also use 神 (god) to refer to God but most of the time using 主 (lord) or 上帝 (lord of heaven) is more common. Not a Christian so no further info on that. Atayal, an Austroneian language in Taiwan, uses Yaba Utux Kayal (father spirit in heaven) to distinguish this deity from other Utux (spirit).
For an in-depth look into God's names in other cultures, I highly recommend "Eternity in Their Hearts" by Don Richardson. It's very good and delves quite deep into exactly what you're talking about.
From what I can tell, in Japanese, the Christian God is usually referred to as 神 (kami, God) or 神様 (kami-sama; same, more respectful), with 主 (shu, Lord) occasionally showing up.
Nice video ! In modern Jewish texts the diacritics (set by the “Masora” in the 8th-10th centuries) spell the name as “Yehovah” (out loud replaced by “Adonai” in prayer and “HaShem” in speech) and so it is the version that most Jews know. And for those who might be interested there are also 40 letter and 70 letter names in Kabbalah hahah
Yup! But even then Jews like myself take the whole not saying the Lord's name in vain seriously. So sometimes we won't type or write Hashem, we'll just put down H". And when speaking the names Adonai, Shaddai, Elohim, and Yud Hei Vav Hei out loud, we'll say Adoshem, Shakkai, Elokim, and Yud Kei Vav Kei. That last one has variations though, like Yud and Hei and Vav and Hei. So yeah it felt weird hearing him say these names so much but it's an educational video and he was being respectful so it's all good.
I would recommend watching The God Culture's channel about the Ancient Hebrew perspective and language and history behind why the names of Yahuah and Yahusha were forgotten.
These diacritics are not there to indicate the pronunciation of the name. Instead they are there to indicate what word the name should be replaced with when read aloud. When it should be replaced with Adonai it has a shwa at the start (for the hataf in Adonai) then holam, and then qamats. When it should be pronounced as Elohim (usually in Nevi'im) the diacritics are instead Segol, Holam, Hiriq.
The ancient Romans believed that it was unlucky to speak of the god of the underworld since to speak the name of a god calls their attention to you, and since he was lord of the dead ... you get the picture
According to some sources, Persephone predates Hades/Pluto as the ruler of the Underworld, but because of the fear of using her name or referring to her too often, we have very little in the way of records from that time.
In German it is called: Gott In Arabic it is called: Allah. In English it is called: God. In Spanish it is called: Dios Other names are Yahweh or Jehovah, Adonai Others use "the Lord", "der Herr", "el Señor"
However, Jehovah's Witnesses do not use a Bible recognized by other dominions, but have written one for themselves. An Evangelical and a Catholic can read from the same Bible and discuss its meaning. A Jehovah's Witnesses stands by and says that only what its founders wrote counts.
@@Вэлвл false. Ilah simply refers to anythjng that is worshipped. Allah is quite literally “God” in Arabic. If it were a purely Muslim term, then only Muslims would use it. However Arabic speaking Christians such as Chaldeans, Assyrians, Maronites etc. also refer to God as “Allah”.
This channel has added a lot of literal meaning to the tiny thing in my life and that has added so much actual value on my life. I adore you Patrick 🙌🔥🌙
As a believer, this discussion always fascinates me and draws me closer to seeking appropriate measures to understand His name. And hopefully at the same time, attaining peace and connections with Christians, Jews, and others alike. To me it’s beautiful, this name. And at the very least if we’ve already come this close to understanding it then preferably I’ll use it as: יהוה. And simply no other when it comes to reverence. Thank you for your hard work man 👍🏻
@accelerationquanta5816 *Islam The other abrahamic religions, particularly Christianity have been pretty good for humanity. I mean, aboltion of slavery?
You use the self-important term "believer" and label anyone who disagrees with you as a "non-believer". Everyone believes in SOMETHING. There is no one who believes in NOTHING. Understood, coloniser?
@@AJwx291 How in the world do you interpret "believer" as self-important? Pretty much every religion in existence has terms to differentiate "believers" and "non-believers," which are usually those exact words but in different languages. Yes, calling yourself a "believer" implies you think your belief is the correct ones. I don't know anyone who thinks their beliefs aren't correct. Why bother harping on this?
I always thought that "thou shalt not take the name of the lord thy god in vain" meant that you couldn't say you were doing something in God's name that you were doing for your own benefit like those televangelist "priests" with private jets. I feel like the meaning might have been corrupted by people like televangelists, but that's just a guess on my part.
It's more like invoking God's name in the course of a business transaction, such as "I swear by God's name" that I will do thus and so, or "As God is my witness...," and then failing to do your part, or never intending to do it in the fist place.
Nice video, fascinating as always! Although it is often misinterpreted, the term “Elohim” is more accurately translated as “the gods” and where Elohim is used plural pronouns such as “we” and “them” are also employed
Depends on context. Elohim is a pluralisation of El but since plurals can be used as superlative nouns it can also mean "God God" or more grammatically modern; "God of Gods" We rarely do this in English but it is extremely common in biblical hebrew. You can find it in informal language for emphasis to distinguish vague terms such as one's "/Dad/ dad" as biological father as opposed to a step or adoptive. This is the same sense Elohim would be used in reference to the fallen spirits of pagan religions that were asigned after Babel. Yahweh being the "/God/ God"
It's REALLY cool to re-read Genesis 1-3 while noting all the times Elohim is used and just mark it as plural "gods" or "the gods". Gives the text a whole new meaning!
I actually hear HaShem (Hebrew for "The Name") from orthodox jews to replace YHWH quite a bit, especially in normal conversation where in prayer they'll say adonai. I often will hear HaShem when they're reciting scripture. Also, in chrsitian English YHWH is replaced with "the lord" in scripture.
It would be better if they kept the name in their translations...I mean of all the names to dare to remove from scripture they remove the most important one.
@@shanephelps3898 So it’s still spelled YEHOVAH in the Torah. But when you read it, you pronounce it as “adonai.” You also see it spelled YEYA but pronounced Adonai. Why? Well you know how in Harry Potter the characters see the name Voldemort and just say it out loud as “He Who Must Not Be Named?” It’s like that. It’s just a taboo. There was a similar thing in China with the emperor. You never wrote the emperor’s real name down while he’s alive. You use a messed up fake character as a stand-in.
Looks like God let the troll out today. God is definitely a word and God represents a Idea. God is infinite ! There is only one God in real life. There can be more than 1 god in fiction
Well, interestingly enough YHWY or Jehovah, appears in the ancient manuscripts of the Bible around 7,000 times. Making it the name that appears the most in biblical text, even more than of Jesus himself. The only plausible reason for why God made sure his personal name is written and is preserved is because he wants us to know and use it. But unfortunately things happened throughout history and people stopped using his name and used titles. As mentioned in Jeremiah 23:27. And also Jesus mentioned that helping us know God’s name was part of his mission John 17:6
Jehovah is a made-up name, created by adding the vowels from Adonai to the consonants YHVH. But Adonai is a completely different word which means “Lord.”
well said @marklouidor9114. It makes sense that our creator has a personal name.And I too heard that it has been removed from our bibles and replaced with the generic title "Lord" thats a whole nother story.bless you brother for mentioning this
If his name hadn't been repeated thousands of times, he would probably have already been forgotten, he was careful to leave his name so many times because he knew that in the future they would try to erase his name
I am also an atheist, but I like things like this. My husband is a religious scholar, so I like to watch this stuff and then ask him about what I've watched. He'll watch it and then give me chapter and verse, in the original aramaic, in the original order in which the books were written, as to why it's right or wrong. I like having both points of view.
Just a couple corrections (for the side information). Hebrew isn't unique about not writing vowels, that's a thing shared amongst all semetic languages. Arabic allow vowel notations, but that's a relatively more recent addition to improve reading (and it's totally optional, and more often then not only used when the writer feels there could be a confusion). Allah is simply the arabic translation of God, it means "the god" to be exact. It's just that muslims don't translate it and use it as a proper name. Also it's a slight mispelling of the word "the god" but it's more of a accent that ended up being treated as a proper name. Pretty much same as cristians capitalizing the word god in any language. Also christians use the word Allah to mean God in arabic and spell it the exact same way as muslims. When it comes to images, Islam has more of philosophical issue with images, as it's considered creation and some sects in the past banned any images at all. That'e why most muslim art is calligraphy and abstract shapes. Also muslims consider that drawing God or the prophet is like worshiping a statue. Jehova is a romanized name, not a general change by christians. In Arabic it's Yahwa and the jehova witnesses and called "shouhoud yahwa" (shouhoud is arabic for witnesses). But otherwise the word is rarely used and never really to mention God. The only times I've heard or used it was to talk about the jehova witnesses or a discussion about this specific subject in the bible.
There used to be a lot of debate whether christians should use images or not too back in the middle ages its just that the iconophilics prevailed. So Islam and Christianity arent that different when you look at certain aspects.
@@cherrypwps a lot of what Muslims follow is the same as what early Christians/Jewish people followed. It’s funny that Muslims are known for not eating pork when the Bible has the same guidance, for example. Most Christians don’t even know what’s in the Bible.
In Hinduism, we do actually have a name for "God". Every language obviously have a different way to pronounce it but yes most of them derived from the Sanskrit word of Bhagvan or Devah. Like in my language Bengali, it's pronounced as "Bhogoban" and "Debota". It literally means, "God". Idk about this stuff in the South Indian languages(I'm sorry) But I would appreciate it if someone tells me about the translation of "God" in the South Indian languages. Like in my language Bengali, if I had to say "Oh God", I wouldn't pick one particular god. Well you can, but yeah. Like some people say "Hay Narayan" (Narayan is another name for Vishnu) and etc, but when it comes to saying "Oh God', people would say,"Hay Bhogoban" in Bengali and,"Hay Bhagvan" in Hindi
Well Linguistically we have a Monotheistic basis for God. A God who contains all Good, all Truth, and is outside of Creation as it’s Creator. Sort of what it is. That word just has to be what it is to carry that singular Theophonic notion. Necessary to contain those descriptions. That notional God is old. Like dating to Mesopotamia. As I understand it, and correct me if I’m wrong, but that isn’t contained in the word you are using is it? Not that you couldn’t attempt to use it as such. As he suggests, we did eventually inherit it, and transfer that particular deities identity with it. I’ve a question though, since Pakistani are often Islamic do you know what word they use for that God? It’s supposed to be this same YHWH. Obviously I’d have to ask a Pakistani. And I have not done so. But Pakistani are also in many ways related to that Indian Continent and it’s neighbors throughout South Asia. Maybe you’d know. Though I realize the Country is 1500 Miles away.
Jehova pronounced using classical Latin pronunciation would be "Iehowa". Very similar to YHWH/Yahewa/Yahweh. It also kind of sounds similar to Jesus' name in Hebrew Yehoshua or Yeshua, which does mean Jehovah is Salvation apparently
You might have mentioned the etymology of the name 'God'. My understanding is that derives from the Germanic 'Gott' which is cognate with the word 'gut'. This reflects God's major characteristic of goodness, a trait mostly lacking in pagan deities. A parallel derivation obtains in French: 'le Bon Dieu', which borrows from, and refines, the Latin 'deus'.
The churches I've been to in the UK almost never use the name Jehovah. Mostly because "Jehovah's Witnesses" are a very specific sect/religion that Christianity likes to be clearly separated from. More often I've heard Emanuel used as a name and purported to mean "God with us". Also because the majority of Christian denominations subscribe to the idea of the Holy Trinity; the name Jesus is seen as a name for God. This is because the idea of the trinity is that God is one, but can be referred to by 3 sort of components or way of being; father, son, and spirit. More specifically the Holy Spirit (or Holy Ghost in older terms) which is therefore also a name. The Lord is another alternative name/title usually referring to Jesus but by proxy the whole trinity. While you were going through the Jewish names for God, you could have also mentioned the 99 names of God in Islam; although these are all descriptive names rather than proper nouns. The Merciful and The Great Forgiver for example. Christian texts also use descriptive names sometimes to give God many more names. But as you say near the end, God is used because there is only one, so it always means the one. Personally I think it's great and allows us to accept all religions because if there's only one God, different religions can only ever be different ways of referring to and worshipping the same God.
"if there's only one God, different religions can only ever be different ways of referring to and worshipping the same God." While I understand the spirit, that sort of thought would in fact gatekeep rather than the opposite effect you would be expecting. One Norse pagan might be thanking Thor for killing all those Jötun that threaten the world, but the Abrahamic God never did such a thing, so a Christian that assumes that person must be worshipping God would be a fool; similarly for the pagan, he's thanking Thor, not Odin, Freyja, and certainly not Jesus. A person should be allowed to praise what their heart desires, not an amalgam of different beliefs that have nothing to do with each other.
@@jesussavesjesussalva1183 Oh, we can have this argument now if you want 😂 Who was Jesus praying to on Earth, himself? And when he was raised up, who raised him up? According to the trinity it can’t of been God as he is God, and God died. If God is the almighty, why do you put him into a trinity? Are you saying that Jesus and the Holy Spirit are equal in power to God? Jesus is also the firstborn of God’s creation, that also makes God superior to Jesus. The trinity doctrine is a demonic falsehood used to hide the true faith and has been disproven. Ill let you give your opinion now, I’m just summarising the key points of both sides for everyone to see. 😊
I think that the God was named like that just because he was the only one God. This is how I was taught as a kid. Later I grew out of this, but that's all another matter.
I've heard some interesting theories that "Yahweh" is derived from the Hebrew phrase "I was, I am, and I will be," indicating Yahweh's eternality. This would be the same Hebrew root used in the title "I AM THAT I AM" in Exodus when Yahweh speaks to Moses in the burning bush.
Yahweh is NOT even a Hebrew word.....There is also a clue in the names of people in the Bible whose names were made up in part from the names of their gods, referred to as THEOPHORIC NAMES IN THE BIBLE,,,,,,theophoric names are names derived from a god. For example: False gods: Bel and Nebo: Bel = Belteshazar (Daniel) Nebo = Nebonidus, Nebuchadnezzar, True God Yeho(vah) ….Yehoyakim, Yehoram, Yehoshua, Yehoshaphat, Yehudah, Yehoash , Jeho-a-haz The CLUE is in the name. If you really are open minded and really do want to find out the real way to pronounce God's name, then may I suggest that you look into it with an open mind. The Hebrew scholar Nehemiah Gordon will point you in the right direction as he does NOT have a horse in the race, and will prove how the name was NEVER LOST, but rather was hidden !
Another term we use in Judaism is HaShem, meaning "the name", which is the one I tend to use more casually, whereas I use Adonai more in prayers and blessings. We also have a habit of censoring the English word to G-d or some variant, to avoid the issues with not destroying the name, or indeed a proxy for the name. I'm not sure why it's like that for some names and not others but it's an interesting tidbit to contribute!
(Isaiah 42:8) I am Jehovah. That is my name; I give my glory to no one else, Nor my praise to graven images. Using HaShem as a substitute name would be a violation of God's command. God wanted his name known. He commanded that his name not be misused (Exodus 20:7).
Well He does have a name, it's Yahweh. Some Bibles, such as the NJV, do call Him by his proper name. But part of the point of all of the Abrahamic faiths is that they are monotheistic, unlike the other religions with frequently names gods which are mentioned. If your religion only has one God, there's not much point in naming Him, you don't need to distinguish Him from any others.
I never noticed until now that you have a vocal release at the end of words that end in a consonant. It's an interesting accent feature. I wonder if you would ever talk about it?
Great video! Just one point at 9:21 you refer to Jehovah’s witnesses as a Christian denomination. They are actually their own separate religion (or cult depending on who you ask) as like the Mormons they reject the Nicean Creed which is the uniting factor between different Christian denominations (Baptists, Catholics, Anglicans, Orthodox etc)
I was told several times that YHWH is literaly shortened "I am that/who/which I am". And yeah, I guess this is the ultimate name for the ultinate being, because there is nothing that actualy "is" or "is itself" more than the God.
I was taught God's name is Howard. My Grandfather told me that when i was a child. That's what i have told my kids too. Surprised it didn't get a mention.
Old English has quite a few names for the Abrahamic God such as Ealwealda (the all-ruler) or Meotod (the measurer). Although, you could use the English version of these names to describe God and people would definitely understand who you're talking about. Also, it's commonly said that the Abrahamic God in Islam has 99 names.
There is no such thing as a common abrahamic God .The God of Christianity differs greatly from the Allah of Islam. So saying they are same shows you ignorance
Why is the moon simply called moon while other moons have their own names? Because through much of English’s time there was only 1 answer to the question “which one”?
I agree, every one should be more respectful of this unseen deity. From now one He will be called by His full title of "Mr. God". Or "Master God". Or "Hey you that never shows Himself to anyone!"
With respect, I'm very curious why you end almost every sentence with an attached "-uh" after the last word. This fact is extremely noticeable most especially at 0:35 when you go to specifically name the term "God," but it comes out as "God-uh." Is adding "-uh" after a word a specific accent to a unique part of the world where you are from? I have never heard any other person do this. Once I noticed you doing this it became very difficult to ignore since you do it probably more than 50% of the time after a sentence. Any thoughts or explanations would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Adding a schwa after final consonants is a speech pattern that iʼve noticed in a number of people. In my experience it seems to be an individual habit (one person in a family might speak this way) and i often wonder if there might by an anatomical or neurological reason for it.
I didn't notice it until I listened for it, but I think it's mostly just that he's doing his "youtuber voice", where the last syllable of a sentence often rises and is drawn out; probably as part of trying to sound more engaging. Some people do that to a truly comical degree. Some dialects do something similar in normal speech - but I think they're generally rare.
Pictures of Mohammed and other prophets aren’t used because it’s too holy to be seen or anything, Muhammad was a human and we already have in depth distribution of his shape, we don’t draw him because it is forbidden to draw pictures of living things, as it is seen as a form of idolatry and worshiping physical things.
i was raised a catholic, and from what i was shown in the bible is that God’s name is so holy that when it is spoken, a small earthquake happens and in one instance, people were brought back from the dead by hearing the name. speaking his actual real name that has been lost in time will send out a booming shockwave. there’s very few mentions of this in the bible, but that is how i was tought why we don’t actually know the true name of god.
Your videos and titles are always very interesting and attention grabbing. As someone who's interested in language, I'm really glad I found your channel
I’m a Muslim, and it’s always amusing how others think”Allah” is a name like Buddha and Zius, Allah literally means “The God” in Arabic as “Ilah” means just “God”, Arab Christians also use Allah, is Islam we have something called “God’s 99 Best names” and are basically other names you can refer to him by, like “The Merciful”, “The Creator”, “The Almighty” etc. Can’t really speak for Judiasim but I’ve heard they call him “Elohim” witch also just means God
Well in Judaism and Christianity the God has a proper name I.e YaHWeH .it's the name he personally revealed to Moses when the LORD spoke from the burning bush . It's interesting how the Quran doesn't even mention the name of Abrahamic God even once .just referring to him as Allah. This makes sense since Mohammed couldn't read the torah (where YHWH is used ) so he just heard Arab Christians and jews using the word "God" for their God so he wanting to be seen as the prophet of the same God began using the same word .it's similar to how he and his early followers imitated jews in worshipping towards Jerusalem.
So what I heard from a Rabbi was that in the Jewish texts, YHWH is written but the vowels of 'Adonai' are used not to create a new term, but to let the Rabbi reading the text know that he should say Adonai while preserving the written YHWH. As for Jehovah, I believe it was a German scribe who came up with the term, who was unaware of this practice. Hence using a 'J' and probably explaining the 'v' sound.
Something else interesting is Allah, God and Elohim are all related. Elohim is a plural for El. In Arabic, Allah is from Al-ilah (the god), Ilah is from Il (god) and 'lah' (vocative marker, O). Il and El are the same. In English, "god" is from the PIE ghutos (the one invoked) from 'gewh' (to call out, invoke)
@@aelfredrex8354no. Enlil aint what this came from. Enlil came from something else. Before the floods even before the pyramids i think. They decended on earth, sort of fell from grace as the nogga they followed rebelled against God, and ⅓ of the angels did the same thing.. Went down to earth, made themselves out to be gods and its sickening. How until this day people like you can many others, dont know the truth, and will look at that name without any resentment towards the nigga that the name belongs to. You steal the true story, tweak it to make yourself bigger, and then you still end up dead at the bottom of the barrel.. Or the lake of fire that is... Imagine that. Enlil must me fucking pissed.
@@adamtorua8743 islam wasnt even mentioned. Nobody was talking about islam as a specific religion. We are talking about the different ways people say God. Arabic was mentioned but i aint come across the word "islam" until you came along talking about some "which is funny" Whole time nothing was funny. 🫤🧑💻
What I was taught as a Catholic is that God has one name but many titles His name being the one with no vowels (it is likely fine to say in a youtube comment i just felt weird doing it) all the other "names" are just titles not actual names for example "Elohim" is a title that as you said simply means "The God" so in reality it is no different then call Him "God" hope that makes sense
It's believed by some jews and christians (and presumably other abrahamic faiths) that the true pronunciation of YHWH is unknown and only a few people have ever known it, and that's what's too holy to say, and saying it can do all sorts of crazy stuff since you're invoking God who is crazy powerful
Great video! One correction, though: Hebrew is not unique for being written without consonants. Almost every Semitic language since antiquity used/uses an abjad instead of an alphabet - our own alphabet started as an abjad for the Phoenicians, and only became an alphabet after the Greeks took the letters and adapted some of them to vowels in the early 8th/late 9th Century BC.
What we’ve got to remember is that a lot of the stories of the Torah / Old Testament were passed down through word of mouth for thousands of years, until humans started writing around 5000 years ago. These words EL and ELOHIEM are incredibly old and are probably older than written language itself. The theory is that there is possibly another name for God, but it has been lost to history. This is because in the Old Testament, when God introduces himself to Moses (and other prophets) he says “I Am That Who I Am.” You pointed this out in your video. We think that this is what the actual name of God translates to. The problem is that we don’t know what the original Hebrew word for “I Am That Who I Am” is. There’s another theory that the name was purposely erased from history by Jewish priests. It’s possible that they changed the name of God in Hebrew to a different word, in an effort to keep people from misusing the actual name of God.
Imagine what language and original name our Father referred Himself as to Adam and Eve before the fall. Right now we just know The LORD. Interesting though.
I've heard a hypothesis that yhwh is the missing Hebrew word for is. I'm a native Hebrew speaker. It only has words for was, היה, and will be, יהיה. The hypothesis is that yhwh is Hebrew for is, but because it was made to be the unspeakable name of the god, it was removed from use in the language
Yeah, interesting. I think the original concept was to "build a hedge around the Torah" as it was called, to make sinning more difficult. Basically you're adding an extra layer of protection so you don't break the Commandments. So, to avoid taking the Lord's name in vain, just give that extra layer of protection and don't use it at all. Problem solved.
there is a word in Hebrew for is: הווה. in modern Hebrew is mostly used to refer to the present time, but it is grammatically the present version of היה and יהיה.
This is so interesting! I love that many of the things that don't seem to make sense in Christianity can be explained when you peel back the layers of history and explore Jeudaism. The Jews have such a wonderful belief system. It's so rich, complex and full of heritage.
Such a lovely system that's systematically eradicated so many others. I will never know what my forebearer's believed now - how blessed I am to have lost that
Good video but if I may, you included both "I AM that I AM" & "Yahweh" in the 7 Names of God, but "Yahweh" means "I AM" Specifically, Yahweh is shortened from "Yahweh Asher Yahweh", meaning "I AM that I AM" though it can also be interpreted as "I Exist so that there is Existence" or as "I Become what I Choose to Become".
@@betos-08 that is one theory, but it falls into the realm of semantics. "I AM", "HE IS", these are the same thing from internal & external perspectives.
It doesn't. The word Allah in Arabic means "One who is Worshipped". The orientalist understanding of the origin of the word is built upon a flawed argument.
@@ishakrahuya No, it is the Arabic word for God in the same sense of the english. Your talking about the root meaning, the root for god, for example, mean “to invoke”. Your talking about somthing different
@@mlgdigimon No I know Arabic, the word contraction is not correct. The contraction for "Al-Ilah" is not the origin of the term. There are many historical and linguistic reasons as to why.
5:22 Another theory I heard about why Muhammad doesn't have a painting is to prevent the worship of him. I'm not a Muslim so though so I could be very wrong. 9:46 Also I had that you can argue that Hinduism is both monotheistic and polytheistic. Although I am not a Hindu. So again, I could be very wrong.
Muslims also oppose paintings or dramatic interpretations of other Prophets (capital "P") like Abraham, Moses and Jesus, considering that it would be impossible for any such representation to do them justice. The cartoonish representations of Jesus and jokes about biblical figures that are common among Christians would be, as I understand, unacceptable in Muslim countries.
@@ronaldalanperry4875I would like to point out that the cartoons and jokes are not common among Christians, but are aimed against Christians by atheists. We Christians hate them, but that is the price of free speech. If I ever come across anyone doing this I tell them that freedom requires responsibility; but those types don't care much for responsibility.
Many pictorial representations of Jesus, Moses, Abraham, etc. aren't meant as mockery and are even used as part of religious instruction, yet Muslims (and Bahá'ís, of which I am one) look on them with disfavor as impossibly poor attempts to represent these holy Beings. I'm not offended by these, or by movies like "Jesus of Nazareth", "Moses and the Ten Commandments", etc., taking into account the positive intention of the creators and actors. I have on the walls of my house reproductions of some masterpieces of Christian art. My point is that Muslims and Bahá'ís have a reverence for Jesus (not as God incarnate but as God's perfect reflection on earth) that perhaps Christians could learn something from. I applaud your attitude that, however much one might be hurt by irreverent portrayals of Jesus, Muhammad (or in my case, Bahá'u'llah) it's on ones's business to engage in conflict, but rather pity the souls who produce them and ask God 's indulgence for their ignorance.@@andrewtime2994
@@ronaldalanperry4875I am Presbyterian, and in the church I grew up in we had no icon of Jesus and definitely no image for God, such things were for Catholics and definitely not for us. When I look at the history of art I can put pictures in their historical context to appreciate and understand them, even if I don't entirely approve of them. Christianity is a combination of Jewish theology and classical Greek philosophy, and the Greeks had a tradition of allegorical art, which gets picked up by the Greek speaking churches (the Hebrew speaking churches continued with the commandment against graven images). Allegorical art can be misinterpreted, so it should not be naturalistic, and that leads to a push and pull of degrees of abstraction that should be accepted or rejected. One of the risks of having iconography is that the images can be misappropriated by people who will subvert them, so I can see the advantages of the Muslim tradition of having no iconography at all.
re: prohibitions on the image of Muhammad, I was under the same impression. Images of Muhammad weren’t allowed in order to prevent worship of Muhammad’s image taking away from worship of Allah. Hence the declaration “There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet.” Muhammad is not deified like Jesus Christ is. But I’m also not a follower, just someone who takes interest in the topic.
I really like the name Yahweh, which for me almost has the word "awe" in it. For sure fitting, as hearing it strikes a bit of awe in me every time. Feels almost too great to behold. Maybe that's why YHWH was left unpronounceable.
I just watched a video previous to this about an Egyptian inscription found dating back to Amenhotep III where nomads were described as being "The nomads of YAWe" since the heiroglyps were the sounds for Y-A-We. As a Christian, I do use the name Yahweh, but fewer people know what I am talking about and since the meaning is lost, I would have to stress that I am talking about the creater, or the controller of weather, or the god of the universe when I say that name, not one of many gods all having their own name.
Because according to Cannanite religious offshoot of Egyptian El shaddai is actually called Elkunirsa among the hittites Don't forget that Baal is Els son among the 73 sigils Asherat is Els wife and Judea and Israel were protectorates of Egypt with Josiah being assassinated by the late Pharoah and Assyrians conquering Israel leaving Judea and Samaria.
Problem is gods always had a common and a proper noun. It's apparent in polytheist pantheons as "gods" are referred to with common names. Example: Titans or Theo of Greek pantheon or the words Deva or Bhagwan from Hindu pantheon and then the popular proper names of these gods from pantheons we're familiar with . Problem with these three monotheistic giants is that they have only one God so the proper name and common names of the earlier pagan versions merge into one unit - God.
Titans came before gods, they are not gods, but the fathers of gods. For instance, Atlas is the titan that holds up the world, forced to do so by Zeus, the god of gods. And Chronos is the titan of the sky, who fathered Zeus. The Greek pantheon is the gods, not the titans, or Theo...
You should have added the origins of Germanic Gott from which we derived this English word. Infact that was the motive of me clicking on this video because I couldn't find any possible explanations for that name.
As a Christian, I've come across the extreme view that Christians shouldn't use the word God, because it is derived from the pre-Christian Germanic Gott, which referred to a pagan god. There is even a "Restored Names" version of the King James Bible, which replaces the name of God with Hebrew used in that context. It is interesting how different names are used at different times.
@@polyhistorphilomath Germanic gods though were anything but "good". I like how most European gods aren't some higher noble dieties but just purely human in terms of termperment and thoughts.
@@adityamohan1773 OK, but that doesn't have much to do with the price of tea in China. Etymologically, in the hypothetical derivation, we need to go through two unattested ancestors to arrive at an unattested root for a verb "to invoke" or "to pour". That's pretty flimsy if you actually examine it.
Can you make a video getting into more detail about the title Shaddai? I have a copy of the bible that translates "El Shaddai" as "God of the Mountain," but according to Wikipedia there are many other interpretations for what "Shaddai" could refer to.
Very good video sir, I like it. That you for this information. I believe it is a good foundation of knowledge to build on for ones own conclusions. The ancient history of God's is very fascinating to me because a lot of it is carried over into today's beliefs. Once again thank you for this, it's a good video.
I have learned that we all say the name of our Lord with every breath. YH(inhale) WH(exhale). Even those that do not believe are forced to repeatedly say His name. God Bless!
My favorite god name is "The Almighty Dollar" because it is the most accurate description of every single deity that was ever invented by humans. (Note for the pedants: just swap "Dollar" for any other form of money/control).
Man actually god's name is the in the breath You take every day, if You inhale it sounds almost like Aaa y when exhale sounds Eee, which is his name YHWH, also YAWE or YAHE which in spanish is YAVÉ
I recall a joke some years back about a kid reckoning the Lord's name was Peter. How, you ask? Because at the end of the Catholic Mass, the priest says his last line then the congregation replies " Thanks be to God", which the kid mis-heard as "thanks, Peter God"...
The thing is every language have their own name for God, in my local language here in Nigeria, God means Owoicho which roughly translates to the divine one in heaven. Churches in my village where English isn't spoken use this instead of words like God or Yahweh or Jehovah
“All I said was that pot of halibut was good enough for Jehovah.” “He said it AGAIN!! Your making it worse!” “Making it worse? How could it be worse?…Jehovah Jehovah Jehovah…” 😂😂😂
I call him "The God who Is", to retain the meaning of His name. There is no before or after Him - He Is. We Christians have no need to fear to call on the name of our Father, any more than we fear to call on our Lord Jesus Christ.
A hypothetical conversation to illustrate the inadequacy of your assertion. Bob: "Who is your father?" Jesus: "God." Bob: "What is your father's name?" Jesus: "God."
@@guardrailbiterJesus is one with his father. That's the whole point of the word becoming flesh. Now God has a name we can say, a gender, a race, and human body.
Nice video. As a Christian, I do find this video a bit incomplete for lack of further discussion of ‘Lord’. Outside of the temple, jews were already replacing the tetragrammoton in speech with ‘adonai’. The Greek translation is kyrios, as seen in place of the name in ancient Greek translations of the old testament such as the septuagint. So the old and new testaments and Christians often refer to God in English as ‘the Lord’ This is also very important for fully understanding new testament claims that ‘Jesus is lord(kyrios)’. Another note: Christians generally consider Jehovah’s Witnesses as a separate religion, due to some differences on primary issues (who Jesus is, his resurrection, salvation, etc.), whereas Christian denominations tend to agree on the primary issues and disagree on secondary or tertiary ones.
People who think God's name is just God, clearly havent read the Bible at all, because when you read it specially in the book of psalms, you can see (also on exodus) that God's name is Yahvé
Really supprised Shinto didn't take off. When your inital selling point is you'r primary deity is a beautiful Japanese Goddess, that's a pretty good pull. ⛩️
It's funny how in the Philippines, God is sometimes called Bathala. Bathala was a pre-colonial Filipino mythological god, similar to Zeus, Odin, or even God. We just kinda use the name interchangeably sometimes, even though they are essentially two different beings.
The New Testament is not equivalent of the Torah. It is the Christian appropriation of the Tanakh, the main sacred text of the Jews and is made up of 24 books. It consists of three parts: the Torah (the law), Nevi'im (the prophets), and the Ketuvim (the writings).
Not bad, I’m a modern Orthodox Jew and it makes me happy me when I see well researched content from somebody who wants to learn. The most common term we use for his in day to day convos is “Hashem”- which literally translates to “The name”. All of the names you mentioned are used in davening/ceremonies, or planted in the text
@@Dexuz I would think it’s that, there’s not much needs for other words since it’s a one god show. So unless we’re talking about some kind of lesser divine spirit (IE ghosts,) any ‘deity’ would just be a throwaway term for god- but I’m not a scholar, so I could be wrong
Btw I translated what ghost would be in Hebrew and apparently it’s “ruach”, but I guess it’s more of a literal translation of “spirit”. Since the only time I hear it is when someone is trying to get ‘the ruach’ to do something. When referring to a human soul the term would usually be “neshama”. When someone dies their “neshama” leaves their body. Also there’s evil spirits like Dibuks- honestly I don’t know how I got this far in a rant I didn’t explicitly research 😅, you unleashed my inner internet mole
Yahweh, from what I remember from a old Jewish schalar Im neighbour with, said that the name of God means ”He who is”. Which means that every other isn’t, that God is more real or true than any other god or being.
Most Jews such as myself will use Hashem (השם) to refer to Him when not in prayer since it would be considered a sin to use His name in such a way that breaks the third commandment.
Christians do not follow the same God as Jews and Muslims. In Christianity, a non-negotiable, vital aspect of God is the concept of the Trinity. Three distinct beings (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) who are simultaneously both three and one. This is not a small detail or quirk of Christianity, it is perhaps one of the most important aspects which define the Christian faith. As such, the god worshipped by Jews and Muslims is indisputably not the same God as the one worshipped by Christians.
@@shaunsteele6926 It would not, since the Father is enextricably tied with the Son and the Holy Spirit. They are all one, yet they are three. Though they are distinct, their unity makes fundamentally alters them.
It depends on how you ask the question. If you ask Christians, Jews and Muslims if they follow the God of Abraham they will say yes. If you ask if they believe Jesus is God, only Christians will say yes.
@@mirrorreflex The "God of Abraham" does not mean the same thing to these three religions, so while they would all say "Yes," the answer is a misleading one. Christians do not, in any way, follow the god that Jews and Muslims follow.
What's your favourite god name? I've always like Makemake
That's a planet silly, not a god
(jk)
I think you'll find Makemake to be a dwarf planet dear internet person. :-) It hasn't cleared it's local surroundings in the kupier belt (a requirement for planet status) @@42carlos
Ha-Shem (Literally: "The Name")
Also "The great architect of the universe"
Huncules
Not a god as such (she/he is a bodhisattva: someone who achieves enlightenment but puts off their own oblivion in Nirvana to help those left behind to reach their enlightenment) but i'm fond of Kwan Yin who uses her/his willow sprig to sprinkle the waters of mercy wherever she/he goes.
I think that by calling the christian/jewish/muslim god "God" is also a way of asserting that there is only one. Not just for the practical explanation that because they believe in only one they don't have to call them by name. I think that these religions, particularly, christianity have subtle ways of asserting dominance and this is one. By calling their god 'God' they are saying essentially that they are the only real one.
Yep. Monotheism
True God. The other gods are likewise real, but only one is True.
hello my friends, as a Christian I hope you can personally get to know the Holy Trinity if you don't already as God cares for personal relationship 😊
if you don't believe in God I will say
God miraculously healed me of my chronic breathing issues that plagued me if not most nights then every single night for years
God did this healing instantly within group prayer over my health
It's not even subtle the gods of the nations are demons, and there is only one true God.
Not really 😕
Well, "Allah" also means "The God" too in Arabic, many people mistakenly believe "Allah" is the name of Islam's God.
We actually don’t know the real meaning of “Allah” and it is one of his 99 names
Wrong as the muslim god is a demon moon 🌙 god...called lah ....which is from the Arabic ancient demon god hubal....which is Baalzeebub....which is Satan.
Muslims worship Satan...like jews ...as they reject Jesus who is God.
@@Thomas-lg6jxJesus is dead you fucking mofo, satan isn’t real either
@@syedhassan-xj5ohWe do, anybody with basic arabic skills does." الله" is made up of two parts and that is “ال” which means ‘The’ pronouced ‘al’ and “إله” which means God pronounced ‘ilah’. Allah is a contraction of Al-ilah .
@@orionfernandes4587read more?
Northern Israelite/Samaritan sources often use "El Elyon" which means "the Highest God" and that was his canonical name in the original Canaanite pantheon, so in a technical sense simply calling God "God" even predates Judaism.
And came from a offshoot of Egyptian society. As Judea and Israel were protectorates of Egypt until the Assyrians conquering Israel
I know the theory that "El Elyon" was the high god, and "Yahweh" originally one of his subordinates in a pantheon, who was the god of Israel only. Only later were they theologically combined where God says "I know you think El and Yahweh are two different names, but it's only me, I'm the one and only guy".
Originally, "El" was the name of a specific deity, but over time, it became a general term meaning "God." Similarly, "Ur" was initially the name of a specific city, but later evolved into a common noun used to describe any city. This evolution is reflected in compound names like "Ur-Salem," where "Ur" signifies 'city,' forming the name 'City of Salem.' Aka Yerushalayim
@@Pooply21 In the same way, I think "Baal" just means "Lord", so you get combined names like "Baal-zebub" (Lord of the Flies) or "Baal-zebul" (Lord of the House)
I would recommend checking out and testing the research The God Culture have done about the Ancient Hebrew Language and their Perspective including their Name of God Series where they found out that YHWH in Ancient Hebrew means Yahuah.
From what I understand, the pronunciation "Yahweh" was preserved in some Greek writings thanks to the Samaritans not having any taboos about pronouncing it. It appeared in these texts as either "Iabe" or "Iaoue".
It's actually "Yehovah".
@@kooldudematt1 Laban or Nabal, EL, Eliezer or Lazarus is actual the Rich Fool aka Exlai and Helios, Elias, Elymas. Jabe, Jaoue is EL the old of days. Uriah the husband of bathseba fooled by david is Ouranos. Davids father is Jesse or Iesse/Isai from where Isaiah is derived.
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It isn't. It's "Iabe" or "Iaoue".
@@kooldudematt1"Yehovah" refers to God the son Jesus Christ and "Yahweh" refers to God the father
@@nathansenpai9538 you appear to have mistaken Yehovah for Yeshua (said in the Bible to be related to the Hebrew/Aramaic word for "Save", as the angel of God said He should be named), which is just the Hebrew/Aramaic way of saying the name of the Lord *Jesus* Christ, as far as I can tell (as a Christian), we never use "Yehovah/Jehovah" to refer to Jesus, rather referring to him by his name, title, or both (Jesus of Nazareth, The Christ (Messiah/Anointed One))
As a Christian, I, and fellow believers around me, tend to use both Yahweh and Jehovah interchangeably, we know it's all talking about the same person. Also, as I've been studying Hebrew, Jews also call YHWH simply HaShem, or in English, "The Name"
I actually say Yahuah (the father), Yeshua (Jesus, the son), and the Rauch Kodesh (the Holy Spirit/Ghost); I will also say Elohim as well.
I thought YHWH was pronounced Adonai
@@mattreynolds3178 No, as mentioned in the video, Jews consider the name YHWH holy. Which, Christians do too, we don't go around saying YHWH willie nillie, it's mainly God. But anyway, since the Jews consider it holy, when they see YHWH they say Adonai, which simply means "Lord". You'll even see it in the English translations, where they translate YHWH to capital L smaller capital ORD. When Jews do say it, I think they just insert the same vowels in Adonai for YHWH, so they'd say like Yahovah.
@@Machodave2020 I don't often use their Hebrew names, mainly since I'm an English-speaking American. But, when I do, I normally say Yahweh and Yeshua. Elohim and Jehovah only when I'm reading something with it, although I know it's all talking about God. I never say the Holy Spirit in Hebrew, mainly cause I didn't know what it was in Hebrew. 😂
@@coleedward9642 I'm also an English-speaking American, the only reason I use the Hebrew names is because me and my folks wanted to stay away from the English names - and latinized names as well. Don't get me wrong, I oftentimes will still say Father, Jesus, and Holy Spirit - I don't care what anybody says, it's not "Holy Ghost"- because that's what we called them when I was younger and this switch is fairly recent so I'm still adjusting to the change, also a lot of Christians won't know who I'm talking about if I use the Hebrew names.
Some of the reasons we decided to go with the Hebrew names as opposed to Greek or some others is because even though a lot of Christians don't want to admit it, our God is the God of the Hebrew Israelites - the Yahudin. Why wouldn't we call God by his name in the language spoken by the people who originally chose (Hebrew or Aramaic)?
It would be interesting to know how Christians in traditionally polythetic societies call their God.
Here in Taiwan for example, I think they also use 神 (god) to refer to God but most of the time using 主 (lord) or 上帝 (lord of heaven) is more common. Not a Christian so no further info on that.
Atayal, an Austroneian language in Taiwan, uses Yaba Utux Kayal (father spirit in heaven) to distinguish this deity from other Utux (spirit).
For an in-depth look into God's names in other cultures, I highly recommend "Eternity in Their Hearts" by Don Richardson. It's very good and delves quite deep into exactly what you're talking about.
I live in Shanghai and noted that Catholics tend to call God as 天主, while Protestants call him 上帝。dunno why. I am not a Chinese speaker really.
I know that in China the words for 'Catholic Church' are "Religion of the Lord of Heavens"
From what I can tell, in Japanese, the Christian God is usually referred to as 神 (kami, God) or 神様 (kami-sama; same, more respectful), with 主 (shu, Lord) occasionally showing up.
mikeal Hauser in his book the the unseen realm does a lot on this subject, as well as the two powers in heaven.
Me: "Your name is God!"
God: "Actually, my name is Jehovah."
Me: "No way!"
God: "Yahweh."
Lol
Iehova, actually, according to Indiana Jones.
it's all human invented
@@willempasterkamp862so does it matter in the end?
Oy vey! 😂
Nice video ! In modern Jewish texts the diacritics (set by the “Masora” in the 8th-10th centuries) spell the name as “Yehovah” (out loud replaced by “Adonai” in prayer and “HaShem” in speech) and so it is the version that most Jews know. And for those who might be interested there are also 40 letter and 70 letter names in Kabbalah hahah
EL is also Elohim and Elkunirsa according to the Hittites.
Yup! But even then Jews like myself take the whole not saying the Lord's name in vain seriously.
So sometimes we won't type or write Hashem, we'll just put down H". And when speaking the names Adonai, Shaddai, Elohim, and Yud Hei Vav Hei out loud, we'll say Adoshem, Shakkai, Elokim, and Yud Kei Vav Kei. That last one has variations though, like Yud and Hei and Vav and Hei.
So yeah it felt weird hearing him say these names so much but it's an educational video and he was being respectful so it's all good.
I would recommend watching The God Culture's channel about the Ancient Hebrew perspective and language and history behind why the names of Yahuah and Yahusha were forgotten.
It just says YHWH, we don't know the vocalization. "Yehovah" is just an educated guess.
These diacritics are not there to indicate the pronunciation of the name. Instead they are there to indicate what word the name should be replaced with when read aloud. When it should be replaced with Adonai it has a shwa at the start (for the hataf in Adonai) then holam, and then qamats. When it should be pronounced as Elohim (usually in Nevi'im) the diacritics are instead Segol, Holam, Hiriq.
The ancient Romans believed that it was unlucky to speak of the god of the underworld since to speak the name of a god calls their attention to you, and since he was lord of the dead ... you get the picture
According to some sources, Persephone predates Hades/Pluto as the ruler of the Underworld, but because of the fear of using her name or referring to her too often, we have very little in the way of records from that time.
@@ShawnRavenfire you are using thier greek names, I presume you are referring to Doric greek religion
@@edmundprice5276 I'm not sure the timeline, but whatever the earliest written works of the region were.
@@ShawnRavenfire Makes sense. Tons of other death gods are also named after their domains, probably for the same reason. Like Hela for instance.
@@edmundprice5276possibly the Mycenaean name? (Bronze Age Crete. )
In German it is called: Gott In Arabic it is called: Allah. In English it is called: God. In Spanish it is called: Dios
Other names are Yahweh or Jehovah, Adonai
Others use "the Lord", "der Herr", "el Señor"
However, Jehovah's Witnesses do not use a Bible recognized by other dominions, but have written one for themselves.
An Evangelical and a Catholic can read from the same Bible and discuss its meaning.
A Jehovah's Witnesses stands by and says that only what its founders wrote counts.
Ilaha and Allah are different
In Arabic "god" is "Ilah"; "Allah" is the name the Muslims gave to their god, merely derived from the word for "god", but definitely not the same.
@@Вэлвл false. Ilah simply refers to anythjng that is worshipped. Allah is quite literally “God” in Arabic. If it were a purely Muslim term, then only Muslims would use it. However Arabic speaking Christians such as Chaldeans, Assyrians, Maronites etc. also refer to God as “Allah”.
@@geopixels6886it's Allah in Maltese too, which is interesting
This channel has added a lot of literal meaning to the tiny thing in my life and that has added so much actual value on my life. I adore you Patrick 🙌🔥🌙
As a believer, this discussion always fascinates me and draws me closer to seeking appropriate measures to understand His name. And hopefully at the same time, attaining peace and connections with Christians, Jews, and others alike.
To me it’s beautiful, this name. And at the very least if we’ve already come this close to understanding it then preferably I’ll use it as: יהוה. And simply no other when it comes to reverence.
Thank you for your hard work man 👍🏻
@accelerationquanta5816 *Islam
The other abrahamic religions, particularly Christianity have been pretty good for humanity. I mean, aboltion of slavery?
You use the self-important term "believer" and label anyone who disagrees with you as a "non-believer".
Everyone believes in SOMETHING. There is no one who believes in NOTHING.
Understood, coloniser?
@@AJwx291 This is a very confrontational way of thinking for something as trivial as a distinction of religious belief.
@@AJwx291 How in the world do you interpret "believer" as self-important? Pretty much every religion in existence has terms to differentiate "believers" and "non-believers," which are usually those exact words but in different languages. Yes, calling yourself a "believer" implies you think your belief is the correct ones. I don't know anyone who thinks their beliefs aren't correct. Why bother harping on this?
I always thought that "thou shalt not take the name of the lord thy god in vain" meant that you couldn't say you were doing something in God's name that you were doing for your own benefit like those televangelist "priests" with private jets. I feel like the meaning might have been corrupted by people like televangelists, but that's just a guess on my part.
It's more like invoking God's name in the course of a business transaction, such as "I swear by God's name" that I will do thus and so, or "As God is my witness...," and then failing to do your part, or never intending to do it in the fist place.
@@nerowolfe5175 and also "don't call on da Vinci to paint your door"
Televangelists, by definition ARE corrupt. Proven charlatans and frauds.
Actually, the correct translation is "Do not do violence in God's name."
So taking the name in vain doesn't matter.
Nice video, fascinating as always! Although it is often misinterpreted, the term “Elohim” is more accurately translated as “the gods” and where Elohim is used plural pronouns such as “we” and “them” are also employed
Depends on context. Elohim is a pluralisation of El but since plurals can be used as superlative nouns it can also mean "God God" or more grammatically modern; "God of Gods"
We rarely do this in English but it is extremely common in biblical hebrew. You can find it in informal language for emphasis to distinguish vague terms such as one's "/Dad/ dad" as biological father as opposed to a step or adoptive. This is the same sense Elohim would be used in reference to the fallen spirits of pagan religions that were asigned after Babel. Yahweh being the "/God/ God"
It's REALLY cool to re-read Genesis 1-3 while noting all the times Elohim is used and just mark it as plural "gods" or "the gods". Gives the text a whole new meaning!
Elohim could also refer to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit together, as they are one God, but 3 persons.
@@joshuamiller4992 in the Old Testament?
@@douglaswise6797 yeah, sounds like a pantheon grumbling amongst themselves
I actually hear HaShem (Hebrew for "The Name") from orthodox jews to replace YHWH quite a bit, especially in normal conversation where in prayer they'll say adonai. I often will hear HaShem when they're reciting scripture. Also, in chrsitian English YHWH is replaced with "the lord" in scripture.
Or rather, YHWH is replaced in the KJV w/"the LORD" ("lord" in ALLCAPS).
Hashem must be an orthodox thing because I was raised conservative and we never used that.
@@acsound yes, Old king James bibles do that...but also it at least does preserve His name in two places...one being PSALMS 83:18
It would be better if they kept the name in their translations...I mean of all the names to dare to remove from scripture they remove the most important one.
@@shanephelps3898 So it’s still spelled YEHOVAH in the Torah. But when you read it, you pronounce it as “adonai.” You also see it spelled YEYA but pronounced Adonai. Why? Well you know how in Harry Potter the characters see the name Voldemort and just say it out loud as “He Who Must Not Be Named?” It’s like that. It’s just a taboo. There was a similar thing in China with the emperor. You never wrote the emperor’s real name down while he’s alive. You use a messed up fake character as a stand-in.
God doesn’t even sound like a real word anymore 😵💫
Not true
His name is Yahuah and Yahusha in the Ancient Hebrew language.
You mean Goduh?
Looks like God let the troll out today. God is definitely a word and God represents a Idea. God is infinite ! There is only one God in real life. There can be more than 1 god in fiction
@@Bibibosh
I fail to understand the confusing terms you've said or what they are even referring to and in what reverent way.
Well, interestingly enough YHWY or Jehovah, appears in the ancient manuscripts of the Bible around 7,000 times. Making it the name that appears the most in biblical text, even more than of Jesus himself. The only plausible reason for why God made sure his personal name is written and is preserved is because he wants us to know and use it. But unfortunately things happened throughout history and people stopped using his name and used titles. As mentioned in Jeremiah 23:27. And also Jesus mentioned that helping us know God’s name was part of his mission John 17:6
Jehovah is a made-up name, created by adding the vowels from Adonai to the consonants YHVH. But Adonai is a completely different word which means “Lord.”
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well said @marklouidor9114. It makes sense that our creator has a personal name.And I too heard that it has been removed from our bibles and replaced with the generic title "Lord" thats a whole nother story.bless you brother for mentioning this
If his name hadn't been repeated thousands of times, he would probably have already been forgotten, he was careful to leave his name so many times because he knew that in the future they would try to erase his name
As an atheist, I found this interesting. As a subscriber, I'm always interested in learning from you.
I am also an atheist, but I like things like this. My husband is a religious scholar, so I like to watch this stuff and then ask him about what I've watched. He'll watch it and then give me chapter and verse, in the original aramaic, in the original order in which the books were written, as to why it's right or wrong. I like having both points of view.
Come to Christ.
@@DungTran-li2wn No way
@@Albrik_IT without Christ, there is no morality
@@DungTran-li2wn thats makes no sense lol
Thank you for answering a question I didn't realise I had always wondered!
Just a couple corrections (for the side information).
Hebrew isn't unique about not writing vowels, that's a thing shared amongst all semetic languages. Arabic allow vowel notations, but that's a relatively more recent addition to improve reading (and it's totally optional, and more often then not only used when the writer feels there could be a confusion).
Allah is simply the arabic translation of God, it means "the god" to be exact. It's just that muslims don't translate it and use it as a proper name. Also it's a slight mispelling of the word "the god" but it's more of a accent that ended up being treated as a proper name. Pretty much same as cristians capitalizing the word god in any language. Also christians use the word Allah to mean God in arabic and spell it the exact same way as muslims.
When it comes to images, Islam has more of philosophical issue with images, as it's considered creation and some sects in the past banned any images at all. That'e why most muslim art is calligraphy and abstract shapes. Also muslims consider that drawing God or the prophet is like worshiping a statue.
Jehova is a romanized name, not a general change by christians. In Arabic it's Yahwa and the jehova witnesses and called "shouhoud yahwa" (shouhoud is arabic for witnesses). But otherwise the word is rarely used and never really to mention God. The only times I've heard or used it was to talk about the jehova witnesses or a discussion about this specific subject in the bible.
Jehovah's witnesses use is daily at many times a day
There used to be a lot of debate whether christians should use images or not too back in the middle ages its just that the iconophilics prevailed. So Islam and Christianity arent that different when you look at certain aspects.
@@cherrypwps a lot of what Muslims follow is the same as what early Christians/Jewish people followed. It’s funny that Muslims are known for not eating pork when the Bible has the same guidance, for example. Most Christians don’t even know what’s in the Bible.
In Hinduism, we do actually have a name for "God". Every language obviously have a different way to pronounce it but yes most of them derived from the Sanskrit word of Bhagvan or Devah. Like in my language Bengali, it's pronounced as "Bhogoban" and "Debota". It literally means, "God". Idk about this stuff in the South Indian languages(I'm sorry) But I would appreciate it if someone tells me about the translation of "God" in the South Indian languages. Like in my language Bengali, if I had to say "Oh God", I wouldn't pick one particular god. Well you can, but yeah. Like some people say "Hay Narayan" (Narayan is another name for Vishnu) and etc, but when it comes to saying "Oh God', people would say,"Hay Bhogoban" in Bengali and,"Hay Bhagvan" in Hindi
Well Linguistically we have a Monotheistic basis for God. A God who contains all Good, all Truth, and is outside of Creation as it’s Creator. Sort of what it is. That word just has to be what it is to carry that singular Theophonic notion. Necessary to contain those descriptions. That notional God is old. Like dating to Mesopotamia.
As I understand it, and correct me if I’m wrong, but that isn’t contained in the word you are using is it? Not that you couldn’t attempt to use it as such. As he suggests, we did eventually inherit it, and transfer that particular deities identity with it.
I’ve a question though, since Pakistani are often Islamic do you know what word they use for that God? It’s supposed to be this same YHWH. Obviously I’d have to ask a Pakistani. And I have not done so. But Pakistani are also in many ways related to that Indian Continent and it’s neighbors throughout South Asia. Maybe you’d know. Though I realize the Country is 1500 Miles away.
tell me without telling me you have barely read the Upanishads, the puranas and the Vedas
@@shrekshyakhadka no, i actually respect my religion and am actively learning it. Even when i don't have free time
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Pakistan called God by name Allah and Khuda
Isn’t God in Hinduism supposed to be Dyeus Pitar?
Jehova pronounced using classical Latin pronunciation would be "Iehowa". Very similar to YHWH/Yahewa/Yahweh. It also kind of sounds similar to Jesus' name in Hebrew Yehoshua or Yeshua, which does mean Jehovah is Salvation apparently
You might have mentioned the etymology of the name 'God'. My understanding is that derives from the Germanic 'Gott' which is cognate with the word 'gut'. This reflects God's major characteristic of goodness, a trait mostly lacking in pagan deities. A parallel derivation obtains in French: 'le Bon Dieu', which borrows from, and refines, the Latin 'deus'.
God comes from the name Godan, known as Wotan in German or as known today in Scandinavia, odin.
@@3chmidtI have never heard anyone call anything related to Odin/Woden/Wodanaz/Wotan "Godan"
You have a source?
It's like having a dog and naming it Dog.
If you think there's only one dog in the whole world, it works.
@@peteg475 Indeed.
Yes, let's hear it for the dyslexic atheist, who believes there is no Dog.
Or a moon named moon
It worked for Daryl Dixon 😁
The churches I've been to in the UK almost never use the name Jehovah. Mostly because "Jehovah's Witnesses" are a very specific sect/religion that Christianity likes to be clearly separated from. More often I've heard Emanuel used as a name and purported to mean "God with us". Also because the majority of Christian denominations subscribe to the idea of the Holy Trinity; the name Jesus is seen as a name for God. This is because the idea of the trinity is that God is one, but can be referred to by 3 sort of components or way of being; father, son, and spirit. More specifically the Holy Spirit (or Holy Ghost in older terms) which is therefore also a name. The Lord is another alternative name/title usually referring to Jesus but by proxy the whole trinity.
While you were going through the Jewish names for God, you could have also mentioned the 99 names of God in Islam; although these are all descriptive names rather than proper nouns. The Merciful and The Great Forgiver for example. Christian texts also use descriptive names sometimes to give God many more names. But as you say near the end, God is used because there is only one, so it always means the one. Personally I think it's great and allows us to accept all religions because if there's only one God, different religions can only ever be different ways of referring to and worshipping the same God.
"if there's only one God, different religions can only ever be different ways of referring to and worshipping the same God."
While I understand the spirit, that sort of thought would in fact gatekeep rather than the opposite effect you would be expecting.
One Norse pagan might be thanking Thor for killing all those Jötun that threaten the world, but the Abrahamic God never did such a thing, so a Christian that assumes that person must be worshipping God would be a fool; similarly for the pagan, he's thanking Thor, not Odin, Freyja, and certainly not Jesus.
A person should be allowed to praise what their heart desires, not an amalgam of different beliefs that have nothing to do with each other.
The JW's aren't a sect. They are a recognised denomination of the many Christian faiths around the globe.
They are recognized as a sect, just like Mormons.
All of them have an unbiblical view of the Trinity
@@jesussavesjesussalva1183 Oh, we can have this argument now if you want 😂 Who was Jesus praying to on Earth, himself? And when he was raised up, who raised him up? According to the trinity it can’t of been God as he is God, and God died.
If God is the almighty, why do you put him into a trinity? Are you saying that Jesus and the Holy Spirit are equal in power to God?
Jesus is also the firstborn of God’s creation, that also makes God superior to Jesus.
The trinity doctrine is a demonic falsehood used to hide the true faith and has been disproven.
Ill let you give your opinion now, I’m just summarising the key points of both sides for everyone to see. 😊
I think that the God was named like that just because he was the only one God. This is how I was taught as a kid. Later I grew out of this, but that's all another matter.
I've heard some interesting theories that "Yahweh" is derived from the Hebrew phrase "I was, I am, and I will be," indicating Yahweh's eternality. This would be the same Hebrew root used in the title "I AM THAT I AM" in Exodus when Yahweh speaks to Moses in the burning bush.
Yahweh is NOT even a Hebrew word.....There is also a clue in the names of people in the Bible whose names were made up in part from the names of their gods, referred to as THEOPHORIC NAMES IN THE BIBLE,,,,,,theophoric names are names derived from a god. For example:
False gods: Bel and Nebo: Bel = Belteshazar (Daniel) Nebo = Nebonidus, Nebuchadnezzar,
True God Yeho(vah) ….Yehoyakim, Yehoram, Yehoshua, Yehoshaphat, Yehudah, Yehoash , Jeho-a-haz
The CLUE is in the name. If you really are open minded and really do want to find out the real way to pronounce God's name, then may I suggest that you look into it with an open mind. The Hebrew scholar Nehemiah Gordon will point you in the right direction as he does NOT have a horse in the race, and will prove how the name was NEVER LOST, but rather was hidden !
"But in the Latin, Jehovah starts with an I."
Almost fell for it XD
Same with Jesus. It start with letter I (iota) in koine Greek, it is "Iesous".
Another term we use in Judaism is HaShem, meaning "the name", which is the one I tend to use more casually, whereas I use Adonai more in prayers and blessings.
We also have a habit of censoring the English word to G-d or some variant, to avoid the issues with not destroying the name, or indeed a proxy for the name. I'm not sure why it's like that for some names and not others but it's an interesting tidbit to contribute!
(Isaiah 42:8) I am Jehovah. That is my name; I give my glory to no one else, Nor my praise to graven images.
Using HaShem as a substitute name would be a violation of God's command.
God wanted his name known. He commanded that his name not be misused (Exodus 20:7).
I can’t stop hearing the vocal fry and him saying “God-uh”.
"I'd had a lovely supper, and all I said to my wife was, 'That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah.'"
Nobody is to stone anybody, no matter who says Jehovah!
[throws stone]
Jehova, Jehova, Jehova!
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Btw, I am the Messia! 🤗
Well He does have a name, it's Yahweh. Some Bibles, such as the NJV, do call Him by his proper name. But part of the point of all of the Abrahamic faiths is that they are monotheistic, unlike the other religions with frequently names gods which are mentioned. If your religion only has one God, there's not much point in naming Him, you don't need to distinguish Him from any others.
That's like, the whole point of the video
That's a pretty pointless comment considering everything you just said is in the video.
I never noticed until now that you have a vocal release at the end of words that end in a consonant. It's an interesting accent feature. I wonder if you would ever talk about it?
I find it distracting as fuck-uh.
Very very interesting conversation. Thank you. ❤
Great video! Just one point at 9:21 you refer to Jehovah’s witnesses as a Christian denomination. They are actually their own separate religion (or cult depending on who you ask) as like the Mormons they reject the Nicean Creed which is the uniting factor between different Christian denominations (Baptists, Catholics, Anglicans, Orthodox etc)
I was taught that YHWH was closer to the "being" translation you mentioned, and that's why it's generally translated as I AM in all caps.
I was told several times that YHWH is literaly shortened "I am that/who/which I am". And yeah, I guess this is the ultimate name for the ultinate being, because there is nothing that actualy "is" or "is itself" more than the God.
I was taught God's name is Howard. My Grandfather told me that when i was a child. That's what i have told my kids too. Surprised it didn't get a mention.
May Howard be with you
@tacodias And also with you mate.
Our Father who art in heaven, Howard be thy name.
@@Theblueshark27that’s actually quite brilliant tbf
@@Theblueshark27 There's all the proof we need.
He is not just called God, he is called Yehovah (YHWH) but most translators decided to remove God's name from their Bible's
Old English has quite a few names for the Abrahamic God such as Ealwealda (the all-ruler) or Meotod (the measurer). Although, you could use the English version of these names to describe God and people would definitely understand who you're talking about. Also, it's commonly said that the Abrahamic God in Islam has 99 names.
There is no such thing as a common abrahamic God .The God of Christianity differs greatly from the Allah of Islam. So saying they are same shows you ignorance
Why is the moon simply called moon while other moons have their own names?
Because through much of English’s time there was only 1 answer to the question “which one”?
To be fair the moon never have a name. This god does but people call him God.
Mani, Teutonic goddess of herself, the moon. She has many names, Luna the most known.
@@Robohead-z6z Luna, Selene
Luna should be the name of our moon NGL.
@@thadtheman3751that's true
I agree, every one should be more respectful of this unseen deity. From now one He will be called by His full title of "Mr. God". Or "Master God". Or "Hey you that never shows Himself to anyone!"
With respect, I'm very curious why you end almost every sentence with an attached "-uh" after the last word. This fact is extremely noticeable most especially at 0:35 when you go to specifically name the term "God," but it comes out as "God-uh." Is adding "-uh" after a word a specific accent to a unique part of the world where you are from? I have never heard any other person do this. Once I noticed you doing this it became very difficult to ignore since you do it probably more than 50% of the time after a sentence. Any thoughts or explanations would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
He's saying G-d of.
You are overthinking it, he has a strong accent
Adding a schwa after final consonants is a speech pattern that iʼve noticed in a number of people.
In my experience it seems to be an individual habit (one person in a family might speak this way) and i often wonder if there might by an anatomical or neurological reason for it.
I didn't notice it until I listened for it, but I think it's mostly just that he's doing his "youtuber voice", where the last syllable of a sentence often rises and is drawn out; probably as part of trying to sound more engaging. Some people do that to a truly comical degree. Some dialects do something similar in normal speech - but I think they're generally rare.
@@Astral_Blitz No, he's clearly not.
Pictures of Mohammed and other prophets aren’t used because it’s too holy to be seen or anything, Muhammad was a human and we already have in depth distribution of his shape, we don’t draw him because it is forbidden to draw pictures of living things, as it is seen as a form of idolatry and worshiping physical things.
Yeah, it violated the Commandments against graven images.
Never heard of you before, but this was recommended and I loved it! Religion study things like this are super fascinating.
i was raised a catholic, and from what i was shown in the bible is that God’s name is so holy that when it is spoken, a small earthquake happens and in one instance, people were brought back from the dead by hearing the name. speaking his actual real name that has been lost in time will send out a booming shockwave. there’s very few mentions of this in the bible, but that is how i was tought why we don’t actually know the true name of god.
Your videos and titles are always very interesting and attention grabbing. As someone who's interested in language, I'm really glad I found your channel
I’m a Muslim, and it’s always amusing how others think”Allah” is a name like Buddha and Zius, Allah literally means “The God” in Arabic as “Ilah” means just “God”, Arab Christians also use Allah, is Islam we have something called “God’s 99 Best names” and are basically other names you can refer to him by, like “The Merciful”, “The Creator”, “The Almighty” etc.
Can’t really speak for Judiasim but I’ve heard they call him “Elohim” witch also just means God
Well in Judaism and Christianity the God has a proper name I.e YaHWeH .it's the name he personally revealed to Moses when the LORD spoke from the burning bush .
It's interesting how the Quran doesn't even mention the name of Abrahamic God even once .just referring to him as Allah.
This makes sense since Mohammed couldn't read the torah (where YHWH is used ) so he just heard Arab Christians and jews using the word "God" for their God so he wanting to be seen as the prophet of the same God began using the same word .it's similar to how he and his early followers imitated jews in worshipping towards Jerusalem.
So what I heard from a Rabbi was that in the Jewish texts, YHWH is written but the vowels of 'Adonai' are used not to create a new term, but to let the Rabbi reading the text know that he should say Adonai while preserving the written YHWH.
As for Jehovah, I believe it was a German scribe who came up with the term, who was unaware of this practice. Hence using a 'J' and probably explaining the 'v' sound.
the name of the hebrew letter ה is actually pronounced closer to "hey" than "he"
I know the Elohim & God connection because of Superman :)
(Kal-El, Superman’s real name btw).
Something else interesting is Allah, God and Elohim are all related.
Elohim is a plural for El.
In Arabic, Allah is from Al-ilah (the god), Ilah is from Il (god) and 'lah' (vocative marker, O). Il and El are the same.
In English, "god" is from the PIE ghutos (the one invoked) from 'gewh' (to call out, invoke)
All derived from Enlil, the Sumerian's supreme god.
@@aelfredrex8354no.
Enlil aint what this came from.
Enlil came from something else. Before the floods even before the pyramids i think.
They decended on earth, sort of fell from grace as the nogga they followed rebelled against God, and ⅓ of the angels did the same thing..
Went down to earth, made themselves out to be gods and its sickening.
How until this day people like you can many others, dont know the truth, and will look at that name without any resentment towards the nigga that the name belongs to.
You steal the true story, tweak it to make yourself bigger, and then you still end up dead at the bottom of the barrel..
Or the lake of fire that is...
Imagine that.
Enlil must me fucking pissed.
Ellah or ella also means goddess which is funny cause Islam is a religion is a strict patriarchal religion
@@adamtorua8743 islam wasnt even mentioned.
Nobody was talking about islam as a specific religion.
We are talking about the different ways people say God.
Arabic was mentioned but i aint come across the word "islam" until you came along talking about some "which is funny"
Whole time nothing was funny. 🫤🧑💻
Meh....
What I was taught as a Catholic is that God has one name but many titles His name being the one with no vowels (it is likely fine to say in a youtube comment i just felt weird doing it) all the other "names" are just titles not actual names for example "Elohim" is a title that as you said simply means "The God" so in reality it is no different then call Him "God" hope that makes sense
It's believed by some jews and christians (and presumably other abrahamic faiths) that the true pronunciation of YHWH is unknown and only a few people have ever known it, and that's what's too holy to say, and saying it can do all sorts of crazy stuff since you're invoking God who is crazy powerful
Great video! One correction, though: Hebrew is not unique for being written without consonants. Almost every Semitic language since antiquity used/uses an abjad instead of an alphabet - our own alphabet started as an abjad for the Phoenicians, and only became an alphabet after the Greeks took the letters and adapted some of them to vowels in the early 8th/late 9th Century BC.
What we’ve got to remember is that a lot of the stories of the Torah / Old Testament were passed down through word of mouth for thousands of years, until humans started writing around 5000 years ago. These words EL and ELOHIEM are incredibly old and are probably older than written language itself. The theory is that there is possibly another name for God, but it has been lost to history. This is because in the Old Testament, when God introduces himself to Moses (and other prophets) he says “I Am That Who I Am.” You pointed this out in your video. We think that this is what the actual name of God translates to. The problem is that we don’t know what the original Hebrew word for “I Am That Who I Am” is. There’s another theory that the name was purposely erased from history by Jewish priests. It’s possible that they changed the name of God in Hebrew to a different word, in an effort to keep people from misusing the actual name of God.
Imagine what language and original name our Father referred Himself as to Adam and Eve before the fall. Right now we just know The LORD. Interesting though.
I've heard a hypothesis that yhwh is the missing Hebrew word for is.
I'm a native Hebrew speaker. It only has words for was, היה, and will be, יהיה.
The hypothesis is that yhwh is Hebrew for is, but because it was made to be the unspeakable name of the god, it was removed from use in the language
Yeah, interesting. I think the original concept was to "build a hedge around the Torah" as it was called, to make sinning more difficult. Basically you're adding an extra layer of protection so you don't break the Commandments. So, to avoid taking the Lord's name in vain, just give that extra layer of protection and don't use it at all. Problem solved.
@@peteg475 many Jews follow a principal of extra strictness with prohibition mitzvot. To be Xtra safe that they don't break them
there is a word in Hebrew for is: הווה.
in modern Hebrew is mostly used to refer to the present time, but it is grammatically the present version of היה and יהיה.
This is so interesting! I love that many of the things that don't seem to make sense in Christianity can be explained when you peel back the layers of history and explore Jeudaism. The Jews have such a wonderful belief system. It's so rich, complex and full of heritage.
Yes, Christianity is just a continuation of Judaism.
Very nearly every Christian tradition is ultimately derived from Judaism. The only real exception is the use of the cross as an image.
@@PossessedPotatoBirdnah. Christianity is just a wandering sect of Jewish hippies.
And christians don't have a wonderful belief system?
Such a lovely system that's systematically eradicated so many others. I will never know what my forebearer's believed now - how blessed I am to have lost that
NEHEMIA GORDON
Shattering The Conspiriacy Of Silence .
This book reveals information on God's name: worth reading.
Good video but if I may, you included both "I AM that I AM" & "Yahweh" in the 7 Names of God, but "Yahweh" means "I AM"
Specifically, Yahweh is shortened from "Yahweh Asher Yahweh", meaning "I AM that I AM" though it can also be interpreted as "I Exist so that there is Existence" or as "I Become what I Choose to Become".
The Hebrew says ehye asher ehye. Then God tells Moses to tell the Israelites to call him Yahweh meaning "He is"
@@betos-08 that is one theory, but it falls into the realm of semantics. "I AM", "HE IS", these are the same thing from internal & external perspectives.
In Arabic, ilah is god al ilah means the god and Allah means God, as translated in English
It doesn't. The word Allah in Arabic means "One who is Worshipped".
The orientalist understanding of the origin of the word is built upon a flawed argument.
@@ishakrahuya it's similar to Elohim which is Hebrew stemming from the Cannite El
@@ishakrahuya No, it is the Arabic word for God in the same sense of the english. Your talking about the root meaning, the root for god, for example, mean “to invoke”. Your talking about somthing different
@@mlgdigimon No I know Arabic, the word contraction is not correct. The contraction for "Al-Ilah" is not the origin of the term. There are many historical and linguistic reasons as to why.
@@haruhisuzumiya6650 It is not.
5:22 Another theory I heard about why Muhammad doesn't have a painting is to prevent the worship of him.
I'm not a Muslim so though so I could be very wrong.
9:46 Also I had that you can argue that Hinduism is both monotheistic and polytheistic.
Although I am not a Hindu. So again, I could be very wrong.
Muslims also oppose paintings or dramatic interpretations of other Prophets (capital "P") like Abraham, Moses and Jesus, considering that it would be impossible for any such representation to do them justice. The cartoonish representations of Jesus and jokes about biblical figures that are common among Christians would be, as I understand, unacceptable in Muslim countries.
@@ronaldalanperry4875I would like to point out that the cartoons and jokes are not common among Christians, but are aimed against Christians by atheists. We Christians hate them, but that is the price of free speech. If I ever come across anyone doing this I tell them that freedom requires responsibility; but those types don't care much for responsibility.
Many pictorial representations of Jesus, Moses, Abraham, etc. aren't meant as mockery and are even used as part of religious instruction, yet Muslims (and Bahá'ís, of which I am one) look on them with disfavor as impossibly poor attempts to represent these holy Beings. I'm not offended by these, or by movies like "Jesus of Nazareth", "Moses and the Ten Commandments", etc., taking into account the positive intention of the creators and actors. I have on the walls of my house reproductions of some masterpieces of Christian art. My point is that Muslims and Bahá'ís have a reverence for Jesus (not as God incarnate but as God's perfect reflection on earth) that perhaps Christians could learn something from. I applaud your attitude that, however much one might be hurt by irreverent portrayals of Jesus, Muhammad (or in my case, Bahá'u'llah) it's on ones's business to engage in conflict, but rather pity the souls who produce them and ask God 's indulgence for their ignorance.@@andrewtime2994
@@ronaldalanperry4875I am Presbyterian, and in the church I grew up in we had no icon of Jesus and definitely no image for God, such things were for Catholics and definitely not for us. When I look at the history of art I can put pictures in their historical context to appreciate and understand them, even if I don't entirely approve of them. Christianity is a combination of Jewish theology and classical Greek philosophy, and the Greeks had a tradition of allegorical art, which gets picked up by the Greek speaking churches (the Hebrew speaking churches continued with the commandment against graven images). Allegorical art can be misinterpreted, so it should not be naturalistic, and that leads to a push and pull of degrees of abstraction that should be accepted or rejected. One of the risks of having iconography is that the images can be misappropriated by people who will subvert them, so I can see the advantages of the Muslim tradition of having no iconography at all.
re: prohibitions on the image of Muhammad, I was under the same impression. Images of Muhammad weren’t allowed in order to prevent worship of Muhammad’s image taking away from worship of Allah. Hence the declaration “There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet.” Muhammad is not deified like Jesus Christ is. But I’m also not a follower, just someone who takes interest in the topic.
I really like the name Yahweh, which for me almost has the word "awe" in it. For sure fitting, as hearing it strikes a bit of awe in me every time. Feels almost too great to behold. Maybe that's why YHWH was left unpronounceable.
It was pronounceable. It's just that the only person allowed to pronounce it was the high priest, a position that doesn't exist anymore.
@charliekahn4205 Of course, I agree with you. Really, we lost its pronunciation, more than anything
God Is God. God Bless Everyone Have Faith In Christ Amen ✝️🙏❤️
I just watched a video previous to this about an Egyptian inscription found dating back to Amenhotep III where nomads were described as being "The nomads of YAWe" since the heiroglyps were the sounds for Y-A-We.
As a Christian, I do use the name Yahweh, but fewer people know what I am talking about and since the meaning is lost, I would have to stress that I am talking about the creater, or the controller of weather, or the god of the universe when I say that name, not one of many gods all having their own name.
Because according to Cannanite religious offshoot of Egyptian
El shaddai is actually called Elkunirsa among the hittites
Don't forget that Baal is Els son among the 73 sigils Asherat is Els wife and Judea and Israel were protectorates of Egypt with Josiah being assassinated by the late Pharoah and Assyrians conquering Israel leaving Judea and Samaria.
This has nothing to do with the video
Problem is gods always had a common and a proper noun. It's apparent in polytheist pantheons as "gods" are referred to with common names. Example: Titans or Theo of Greek pantheon or the words Deva or Bhagwan from Hindu pantheon and then the popular proper names of these gods from pantheons we're familiar with .
Problem with these three monotheistic giants is that they have only one God so the proper name and common names of the earlier pagan versions merge into one unit - God.
Titans came before gods, they are not gods, but the fathers of gods. For instance, Atlas is the titan that holds up the world, forced to do so by Zeus, the god of gods. And Chronos is the titan of the sky, who fathered Zeus.
The Greek pantheon is the gods, not the titans, or Theo...
I like this. Thank you
God is not a they/them/she HE is the father HE is a *HE*
You should have added the origins of Germanic Gott from which we derived this English word. Infact that was the motive of me clicking on this video because I couldn't find any possible explanations for that name.
As a Christian, I've come across the extreme view that Christians shouldn't use the word God, because it is derived from the pre-Christian Germanic Gott, which referred to a pagan god. There is even a "Restored Names" version of the King James Bible, which replaces the name of God with Hebrew used in that context. It is interesting how different names are used at different times.
It seems the English God and German Gott derive from Proto-Germanic and ultimately Proto-Indo-European words meaning either "to invoke" or "to pour"
It's a fairly certain etymology. The word 'good' used substantively (thus 'one that is good'; 'a good one') is the origin.
@@polyhistorphilomath Germanic gods though were anything but "good". I like how most European gods aren't some higher noble dieties but just purely human in terms of termperment and thoughts.
@@adityamohan1773 OK, but that doesn't have much to do with the price of tea in China. Etymologically, in the hypothetical derivation, we need to go through two unattested ancestors to arrive at an unattested root for a verb "to invoke" or "to pour".
That's pretty flimsy if you actually examine it.
Can you make a video getting into more detail about the title Shaddai? I have a copy of the bible that translates "El Shaddai" as "God of the Mountain," but according to Wikipedia there are many other interpretations for what "Shaddai" could refer to.
if you want to dig, get a copy of "The Unseen Realm" by mike Hauser it is a readable work on this subject, even if it was his doctoral thesis.
@@Delgen1951 based on the online descriptions it really looks targeted towards a Christian audience, I tend to prefer more critical perspectives.
Shaddai means "Almighty"
God is the Father, not the Parent. Therefore, He is not referred to as 'they'.
So he’s still the parent
@@stantorren4400 God preferred pronouces are He/Him (capital), please don’t misgender Him.
@@icarojose6316 I will misgender that pos as much as I like
Very good video sir, I like it. That you for this information. I believe it is a good foundation of knowledge to build on for ones own conclusions. The ancient history of God's is very fascinating to me because a lot of it is carried over into today's beliefs. Once again thank you for this, it's a good video.
Edit second sentence that to thanks.
Edit to thank lol
I have learned that we all say the name of our Lord with every breath. YH(inhale) WH(exhale). Even those that do not believe are forced to repeatedly say His name. God Bless!
if your breathing sounds like that you may need medical assistance
Sort of like how the Moon doesn't have a name because we only have the one, a lone god doesn't need a name either.
I think the moon is named Luna.
@@starbugmechanic5236 that's just a translation lol.
My favorite god name is "The Almighty Dollar" because it is the most accurate description of every single deity that was ever invented by humans. (Note for the pedants: just swap "Dollar" for any other form of money/control).
Are you enjoying life within your anarchic commune?
@@guardrailbiter By my deeds I honor Him. V8.
Man actually god's name is the in the breath You take every day, if You inhale it sounds almost like Aaa y when exhale sounds Eee, which is his name YHWH, also YAWE or YAHE which in spanish is YAVÉ
i would explain it better in spanish
I recall a joke some years back about a kid reckoning the Lord's name was Peter. How, you ask? Because at the end of the Catholic Mass, the priest says his last line then the congregation replies " Thanks be to God", which the kid mis-heard as "thanks, Peter God"...
The thing is every language have their own name for God, in my local language here in Nigeria, God means Owoicho which roughly translates to the divine one in heaven. Churches in my village where English isn't spoken use this instead of words like God or Yahweh or Jehovah
"God" is a job title, not a name.
You haven't even watched the full video yet
@@JamesTheFoxeArt I know, but it's a cheeky line
“All I said was that pot of halibut was good enough for Jehovah.”
“He said it AGAIN!! Your making it worse!”
“Making it worse? How could it be worse?…Jehovah Jehovah Jehovah…”
😂😂😂
Don't make me get my whistle out!
Love how he keeps saying “goduh” 😂
I found it mildly distracting, TBH.
@@sdpnz Annoying as fuck..uh.
I call him "The God who Is", to retain the meaning of His name. There is no before or after Him - He Is.
We Christians have no need to fear to call on the name of our Father, any more than we fear to call on our Lord Jesus Christ.
"I AM THAT I AM" and no one can deny it.
I can.
The God of Christianity has a few names: Jesus, Jehovah, Elohim
Christians have 3 gods.
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Imagine knowing the true pronunciation of God's name
It would give you the ability to cause earthquakes
@@giovan483i was just about to say youd probably shake the ground fam.
that dude would be blessed af
God does have a name, Jesus of Nazareth.
A hypothetical conversation to illustrate the inadequacy of your assertion.
Bob: "Who is your father?"
Jesus: "God."
Bob: "What is your father's name?"
Jesus: "God."
@@guardrailbiterJesus is one with his father. That's the whole point of the word becoming flesh. Now God has a name we can say, a gender, a race, and human body.
Nice video.
As a Christian, I do find this video a bit incomplete for lack of further discussion of ‘Lord’. Outside of the temple, jews were already replacing the tetragrammoton in speech with ‘adonai’. The Greek translation is kyrios, as seen in place of the name in ancient Greek translations of the old testament such as the septuagint. So the old and new testaments and Christians often refer to God in English as ‘the Lord’ This is also very important for fully understanding new testament claims that ‘Jesus is lord(kyrios)’.
Another note: Christians generally consider Jehovah’s Witnesses as a separate religion, due to some differences on primary issues (who Jesus is, his resurrection, salvation, etc.), whereas Christian denominations tend to agree on the primary issues and disagree on secondary or tertiary ones.
People who think God's name is just God, clearly havent read the Bible at all, because when you read it specially in the book of psalms, you can see (also on exodus) that God's name is Yahvé
Because he IS God? 😁
There's only one, so no other name is necessary.
ETA: after watching to the end, that's what @NameExplain settled on!
Well, because people believe there's only one
[laughs in polytheist]
"There's only one", he says, as if others don't exist!
@@meias. And some believe there is none.
@@wmdkitty- If Vivek Ramaswamy (a Hindu monotheist) is correct, there _is_ only one, even if there are many manifestations of him.
Really supprised Shinto didn't take off. When your inital selling point is you'r primary deity is a beautiful Japanese Goddess, that's a pretty good pull. ⛩️
Did I miss the part where the origin of the word "god" was explained?
It's funny how in the Philippines, God is sometimes called Bathala.
Bathala was a pre-colonial Filipino mythological god, similar to Zeus, Odin, or even God.
We just kinda use the name interchangeably sometimes, even though they are essentially two different beings.
The New Testament is not equivalent of the Torah. It is the Christian appropriation of the Tanakh, the main sacred text of the Jews and is made up of 24 books. It consists of three parts: the Torah (the law), Nevi'im (the prophets), and the Ketuvim (the writings).
The Christian God is called the Holly Trinity:
- The Father
- The Son, Jesus Christ
- The Holly Spirit
Holly jolly
Why does he pronounce "God" at 0:34 as "Goduh"? It sounds weird.
Not bad, I’m a modern Orthodox Jew and it makes me happy me when I see well researched content from somebody who wants to learn. The most common term we use for his in day to day convos is “Hashem”- which literally translates to “The name”. All of the names you mentioned are used in davening/ceremonies, or planted in the text
Do you know what word would a Jew use to refer to "deity"?
Google Translate says it's "eloha", but that is also a name used for God.
@@Dexuz I would think it’s that, there’s not much needs for other words since it’s a one god show. So unless we’re talking about some kind of lesser divine spirit (IE ghosts,) any ‘deity’ would just be a throwaway term for god- but I’m not a scholar, so I could be wrong
Btw I translated what ghost would be in Hebrew and apparently it’s “ruach”, but I guess it’s more of a literal translation of “spirit”. Since the only time I hear it is when someone is trying to get ‘the ruach’ to do something. When referring to a human soul the term would usually be “neshama”. When someone dies their “neshama” leaves their body. Also there’s evil spirits like Dibuks- honestly I don’t know how I got this far in a rant I didn’t explicitly research 😅, you unleashed my inner internet mole
Yahweh, from what I remember from a old Jewish schalar Im neighbour with, said that the name of God means ”He who is”. Which means that every other isn’t, that God is more real or true than any other god or being.
Most Jews such as myself will use Hashem (השם) to refer to Him when not in prayer since it would be considered a sin to use His name in such a way that breaks the third commandment.
Christians do not follow the same God as Jews and Muslims. In Christianity, a non-negotiable, vital aspect of God is the concept of the Trinity. Three distinct beings (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) who are simultaneously both three and one. This is not a small detail or quirk of Christianity, it is perhaps one of the most important aspects which define the Christian faith. As such, the god worshipped by Jews and Muslims is indisputably not the same God as the one worshipped by Christians.
The God worshiped by Jews and Muslims would be "The Father" in the Christian trinity
@@shaunsteele6926 It would not, since the Father is enextricably tied with the Son and the Holy Spirit. They are all one, yet they are three. Though they are distinct, their unity makes fundamentally alters them.
@@SharpieLEET still the same God, they just refuse to acknowledge His triune nature
It depends on how you ask the question.
If you ask Christians, Jews and Muslims if they follow the God of Abraham they will say yes.
If you ask if they believe Jesus is God, only Christians will say yes.
@@mirrorreflex The "God of Abraham" does not mean the same thing to these three religions, so while they would all say "Yes," the answer is a misleading one. Christians do not, in any way, follow the god that Jews and Muslims follow.