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The Opening of Genesis does not say "El Elohim" The Voice of Lews Therin - 26/01/2003 11:55:34 PM

Genesis starts out "Breshiith bara Elohim eth ha-shamayim w'eth ha-arets, w'ha-arets haytha thohu wa vohu, w'choshekh al-penei thehom w'ruach Elohim m'rachepheth al-penei ha-mayim, wa'yomer Elohim 'yehi or' wa'yehi or". That is Genesis 1:1-3 in the original Hebrew. "El Elohim" is NOT used.

Moreoever, in Exodus 3:14, God states his name and Moses relates it to Pharaoh as "Yahweh".

This post was not about what one is supposed to call God. It is about the linguistic origin of the name "Yahweh", following up on a linguistic discussion about the origin of the name "Moses" (which Mierin Sedai posted a little while before this post). Although I appreciate your opinion on the matter, it isn't QUITE on-topic for the discussion.

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Hi, My Name is Yahweh! or A Debate on The Origin of God's Name The Voice of Lews Therin - 23/01/2003 06:45:21 PM 221 Views

Whatever the name is... Nebhead - 23/01/2003 06:54:22 PM 53 Views

What if the name is Allah?

*NM* The Voice of Lews Therin - 23/01/2003 06:56:10 PM 15 Views

Why would an omnipotent being bother becoming three facets? *NM* The Intelligence Police - 23/01/2003 07:16:23 PM 11 Views

nice name (and question

) *NM* GinandSin5 - 24/01/2003 12:19:22 AM 11 Views

Thank you kindly. (I'm Lord Just a Newbie, etc. with yet another SN.) *NM* The Intelligence Police - 24/01/2003 02:13:00 PM 14 Views

I wish that I'd thought of that SN first

*NM* GinandSin5 - 24/01/2003 04:09:33 PM 9 Views

I told myself I would not get involved in religious debates again.... PerrinsAxe - 23/01/2003 07:02:47 PM 46 Views

Well... The Voice of Lews Therin - 23/01/2003 07:07:12 PM 38 Views

Never *NM* GinandSin5 - 24/01/2003 12:16:08 AM 11 Views

Meh. That was me, looking over my bro's shoulder. But no, never. *NM* PerrinsAxe - 24/01/2003 12:17:05 AM 11 Views

Ah...well, it was a Monty Python joke...guess you had to be there *NM* The Voice of Lews Therin - 24/01/2003 04:40:38 PM 12 Views

just don't claim your meal was good enough to please him *NM* plaidwizard - 25/01/2003 11:47:39 PM 7 Views

Re: My God's name is... Starglider - 24/01/2003 01:21:03 AM 30 Views

*marks as favourite* mierin sedai - 24/01/2003 06:08:59 AM 30 Views

The Third Commandment answers one of your questions. Eyeless Myrddraal - 24/01/2003 10:30:49 AM 43 Views

Perhaps... The Voice of Lews Therin - 24/01/2003 02:52:18 PM 23 Views

What it sounds like is we were visited by aliens *NM* shadowspawned1 - 24/01/2003 12:12:40 PM 10 Views

I was always under the impression Xoe - 24/01/2003 05:02:10 PM 29 Views

Well...(if this post is still even remotely active) The Voice of Lews Therin - 25/01/2003 11:59:21 PM 14 Views

So who else knows about the formula of the Tetragrammaton? *NM* TheTelesmic - 24/01/2003 08:36:56 PM 16 Views

Re: Hi, My Name is Yahweh! or A Debate on The Origin of God's Name a1eshandre - 26/01/2003 10:32:23 PM 25 Views

The Opening of Genesis does not say "El Elohim" The Voice of Lews Therin - 26/01/2003 11:55:34 PM 21 Views

I AM MOSES!!!!!! Sargon of Akkad - 01/02/2003 07:36:24 PM 14 Views

hmmm I figure you will be able to tell me mierin sedai - 12/03/2003 05:22:12 PM 20 Views

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