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For the Record
The
majority of us do not know for certain the
name of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob. And those that do are bent on keeping
it a secret from the rest of us. As a
result, there are many renderings of His
name such as Yahweh, Yahuah,
Yehowah, Yehovah, and
Jehovah, to name a few. And since
God is not a name but a title and
is a common word that is often given to any
being or object that is worshipped I now
prefer to use the shortened poetic form of
God’s name, which is YAH.
On this name most of us agree.
The Name
YAH
occurs over 40 times in the Hebrew Bible.
The name YAH is also found in the
construct word “hallelu-YAH,” or
hallelu-jah in English. Hallelujah in
English means Praise YAH.
In addition,
the shortened form of Christ’s (Messiah’s)
Hebrew name, Yeshua, will be used in
Disciples Project studies instead of Jesus
for the following reason.
Strong’s
Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
tells us the following.
The English
name Jesus
is derived from the Greek word
Iēsoûs,
ee-ay-sooce'.
2424
–
Ἰησοῦς
Iēsoûs,
ee-ay-sooce'; of
Hebrew origin (3091);
Jesus (i.e.
Jehoshua),
the name of our
Lord and two (three)
other Israelites:
—
(Translated in King James Version as)
Jesus.
Jehoshua
in Hebrew is:
3091
–
יהוֹשׁוּעַ
Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ,
yeh-ho-shoo'-ah; or
יְהוֹשֻׁעַ
Yᵉhôwshuʻa; from
3068 and
3467;
Jehovah-saved;
Jehoshua (i.e.
Joshua),
the Jewish leader: —
(Translated in King James Version as)
Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua.
Jehovah
in
Hebrew is:
3068
–
יְהֹוָה
Yhwh,
from 1961;
(the)
self-Existent or Eternal;
name of God:—
(Translated in King James Version as)
Jehovah, the Lord.
1961
–הָיָה
hâyâh,
haw-yaw; a primitive root (compare 1933);
to exist, i.e.
be or become, come to pass (always
emphatic, and not a mere copula or
auxiliary):—
(Translated in King James Version as)
beacon, × altogether, be(-come),
accomplished, committed, like), break,
cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall,
follow, happen, × have, last,
pertain, quit (one-) self, require, ×
use
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The King James Version (KJV) translates
Strong’s 3068 as
LORD
over
6,800 times.
For more on why GOD and LORD are
used in most English Bibles refer to
Disciples Project Bible study The
Gospel - Part 2 - God and LORD.
And finally,
one of the words for salvation
in Hebrew is Yeshua!
Save/Salvation
3444
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יְשׁוּעָה
yᵉshûwʻâh,
yesh-oo'-aw; feminine passive participle of
3467;
something saved, i.e.
(abstractly)
deliverance;
hence,
aid, victory, prosperity:—
(Translated in King James Version as)
deliverance, health, help(-ing), salvation,
save, saving (health), welfare.
3467
–
יָשַׁע
yâshaʻ,
yaw-shah'; a primitive root; properly,
to be open, wide
or free, i.e. (by implication)
to be safe;
causatively, to
free or
succor:—
(Translated in King James Version as)
×
at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er),
help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring
(having) salvation, save(-iour), get
victory.
Succor
– someone or something that gives help,
relief, assistance, etc.
The name
Yeshua,
yᵉshûwʻâh,
yesh-oo'-aw was translated in the King James
Version (KJV) 78 times as follows:
Salvation
(65x), help (4x), deliverance
(3x), health (3x), save (1x),
saving (1x), welfare (1x).
Here is just
one example of YAH and YESHUA,
from the KJV.
Psalm 118:14
“The
Lord
(YAH
(3050)) is my strength and song,
and is become my
salvation.”
(YESHUA
(3444))
(KJV)
Lord
3050
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יָהּ
Yâhh,
yaw; contraction for
3068,
and meaning the same; Jah, the sacred name:—
(Translated in King James Version as)
Jah, the Lord, most vehement.
The following information
added on February 17, 2026. -
As shown above,
Strong's concordances uses
the Masoretic
vowel markers (niqqud – a
system of dots and dashes), developed
sometime between the 6th - 10th
centuries AD.
For
example:
The
vowel markers in the below example are
 
 יְהוֹשׁוּעַ
 
which
translates into English as Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ,
and pronounced as yeh-ho-shoo'-ah.
Likewise,
YAH’s name (YHWH) with vowel
markers is
יְהֹוָה
Older
versions of the Strong’s Concordance
translated YAH’s name as
Yᵉhôvâh
and
pronounced His name as
yeh-ho-vaw
or
yeh-ho-waw.
Though
YAH appears in the follow words, that
pertain to YAH, they have a different
vowel marker, supposedly because of the
position of the Hebrew letter Yod
י.
3050
–יָה
Yâhh,
yaw; contraction for 3068,
and meaning the same; Jah, the sacred name.
1961
–
הָיָה
hâyâh,
haw-yaw; a primitive root (compare 1933);
to exist, i.e.
be or become, come to pass.
2421
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חָיָה
chayah,
khaw-yaw´;
a primitive root (compare 2331, 2421);
to live,
whether literally or figuratively;
causatively, to
revive.
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Hebrew words are read right to left.
Though
I am still not sure of the spelling and true
pronunciation of YAH’s full name, I
believe the rendering of His name is closer
to, Yahuah, Yahuwah,
Yahowah, Yahuweh, or Yahoweh.
Also, that
Yehoshua is Yahoshua
or Yahushua.
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