“Seek Yahweh while He may be found. Call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts and let him return to Yahweh, and He will have compassion on him. Turn to our Elohim, for He will abundantly pardon.”

Isaiah 55: 6-7

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The Correct Pronunciation of Our Elohim’s Name

Below is Yahweh’s Name in Hebrew:

יהוה

Hebrew reads right-to-left. The letter on the right is “yod” followed by “hey” followed by “vav” followed by “hey”.

In ancient times, the letter “vav” was “waw”. The letter “vav” didn’t enter the Hebrew language until somewhere between 600 AD and 1000 AD. To pronounce Yahweh’s Name correctly, you must use a “w” sound, not a “v” sound:

The historic pronunciation of this letter (a voiced bilabial) is /waw/, a pronunciation attested in various Semitic languages (ancient and modern). Moreover, even the Masoretes (600 C.E.–1000 C.E.) arguably pronounced this letter as /waw/ (not /vav/). The common pronunciation of this letter today as /vav/ (rather than /waw/) is a reflection of conventions in the modern period, primarily those hailing from Germanic language practices (notice, for example, that the German letter /w/ is pronounced as an English /v/, not as an English /w/; thus, the German word “Wasser” [water] is pronounced /vasser/ in German). In sum, the tradition of pronouncing this letter as /waw/ is historically more accurate (and so it is found in many grammars of biblical Hebrew, including Thomas Lambdin’s). The convention of pronouncing it as /vav/ is also acceptable, but this pronunciation does hail from the modern period.

According to linguists, “vav” is acceptable today, but it’s not accurate.

According to Yahweh, if it’s not accurate, it’s not acceptable.

“Therefore behold, I am going to make them know, this time I will make them know My power and My might, and they shall know that My Name is Yahweh.” (Jeremiah 16:21)

His Name is Yahweh. It’s not Yahveh or Yehovah. Linguistically, it is impossible for any name with the “v” sound in it to be Yahweh’s name. The evidence supporting that fact is overwhelming.

Cuneiform tablets from the time of Hammurabi (1750 BC) were discovered. Unlike the Hebrew language, Cuneiform includes vowels. Hebrew uses only consonants. On the Cuneiform tablets, the Name of the “Hebrew Elohim” was mentioned several times, and it is pronounced “Yahweh”. Greek scholars from the 1^st century AD confirm that “Yahweh” is the correct pronunciation of His Name.

The current confusion about the pronunciation of Yahweh’s Name proves that bad decisions have serious consequences. In the mid-2^nd century BC when rabbis forbade Jewish people from saying “Yahweh”, they probably never imagined that they would make it very difficult for anyone to obey Yahweh’s command to tell the world about Him by Name. That was arguably the worst decision ever made. Satan is the only person who benefitted from it. Regrettably, people who attend churches and synagogues are not hearing Yahweh’s Name pronounced correctly, and the consequences are far-reaching.

Knowing the correct pronunciation of “Yahweh” is important for 3 reasons:

We need to know the Name of our Elohim.
We need to tell people about Yahweh by Name.
We need to know what Yahweh said about the importance of His Name. His Name is important, because He said it is.

“Therefore, My people will know My Name. Therefore, they will know on that day that I am He who speaks. Here I am!” (Isaiah 52: 6)

Yahweh is the Savior

“I, even I, am Yahweh. There is no savior besides Me!” (Isaiah 43: 11)
“And it will come about that whoever calls on the Name of Yahweh will be delivered/saved.” (Joel 2: 32)
“For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only the third hour of the day; but this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel:….‘And it shall be that everyone who calls on the Name of Yahweh will be saved.’” (Acts 2: 15 and 21)
“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4: 12)
“As Scripture says, ‘Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.’ For there is no distinction between Jew and Gentile; for there is one Yahweh over all who is abundantly generous toward everyone who calls on Him; for ‘whoever calls on the Name of Yahweh will be saved.’” (Romans 10: 11-13)

Philippians 2: 9-11

“Elohim highly exalted Him [the Messiah], and bestowed on Him [the Messiah] the Name which is above every name [Yahweh], so that at the Name of Yeshua [Yahweh] every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Yeshua the Messiah is Yahweh, to the glory of Elohim the Father.” (Philippians 2: 9-11)

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“I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me — just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father — and I lay down My life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also. They too will listen to My voice, and there shall be one flock and one Shepherd. The reason My Father loves Me is that I lay down My life — only to take it up again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from My Father.”

John 10: 14-18