![]() My Lords, Pluralis majestatis taken as singular), and in discussion by HaShem "The Name". In prayers it is replaced by the word אֲדֹנָי ( Adonai, Hebrew pronunciation:, lit. transl. Modern Rabbinical Jewish culture judges it forbidden to pronounce this name. Hebrew script is an abjad, so that the letters in the name are normally consonants, usually expanded as Yahweh in English. 600 BCE).Īlso abbreviated Jah, the most common name of God in the Hebrew Bible is the Tetragrammaton, יהוה, that is usually transcribed as YHWH. The Tetragrammaton in the Ketef Hinnom silver scrolls with the Priestly Blessing from the Book of Numbers ( c. 1100 BC – 200 AD) or modern Hebrew scripts. All other names, such as "Merciful", "Gracious" and "Faithful", merely represent attributes that are also common to human beings. The tanna Jose ben Halafta considered "Tzevaot" a common name in the second century and Rabbi Ishmael considered "Elohim" to be one. In addition, the name Jah-because it forms part of the Tetragrammaton-is similarly protected. The names of God that, once written, cannot be erased because of their holiness are the Tetragrammaton, Adonai, El, Elohim, Shaddai, Tzevaot some also include I Am that I Am. Some moderns advise special care even in these cases, and many Orthodox Jews have adopted the chumras of writing "G-d" instead of "God" in English or saying Ṭēt- Vav ( טו, lit. "9-6") instead of Yōd- Hē ( יה, lit. "10-5" but also " Jah") for the number fifteen or Ṭēt- Zayin ( טז, lit. "9-7") instead of Yōd-Vav ( יו, lit. "10-6") for the Hebrew number sixteen. ![]() Early authorities considered other Hebrew names mere epithets or descriptions of God, and wrote that they and names in other languages may be written and erased freely. Lord of Hosts) and צְבָאֽוֹת ( Tzevaoth transl. God, a plural noun), אֵל שַׁדַּי ( El Shaddai transl. Judaism considers some names of God so holy that, once written, they should not be erased: יהוה ( YHWH), אֲדֹנָי ( Adonai), אֵל ( El transl. ![]()
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