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Along with the study of ancient @Hebrew here on Blurt we would like to also study the Bible in ancient paleo-Hebrew, Aramaic, Coptic and Greek.

In the Bible we learn that God is called Elohim … a plural word that means “Gods”

Who are these Gods ?

Throughout the Ancient Hebrew Bible “ God” (Elohim) /Gods is actually called YHVH.

It is usually translated in English as “Lord” because nobody knows how to pronounce the word “YHVH”

What is this word then ? YHVH ?
What does it mean exactly ?

Is it even a word ?

What does it mean in its earliest form ?

4 Hebrew letters YHVH … usually translated as Yahweh or even Jehovah.

Letters read from right to left… YUD - HEH -VAV - HEH

This is the Secret Name of God in Hebrew.

Often called Ha - Shem “ The Name”

These ancient Hebrew letters are actually pictographic Symbols. Each letter is a symbol.

Yud = Hand
Heh = Behold
Vav = Nail/Spike
Heh = Behold

The original most ancient Hebrew (Canaanite/ Aramaic) Name of God … YHVH means hand, behold, nail, behold.

Now, isn’t that interesting ?

YHVH looks like this in Hebrew … reading from right to left. Hebrew letters Yud - Heh - Vav - Heh

Yahweh, name for the God of the Israelites, representing the biblical pronunciation of “YHVH,” the Hebrew name revealed to Moses in the book of Exodus. The name YHVH, consisting of the sequence of consonants Yod, Heh, Vav, and Heh, is known as the tetragrammaton. - Wikipedia

The Original meaning of each Paleo-Hebrew Letter :

The Paleo-Hebrew script is an abjad of 22 consonantal letters, exactly as the other Canaanite scripts from the period. - Wikipedia