Preface-- Concerning the Use of the Hebrew Names of God

     Over 6,700 times the Hebrew name of the Creator is mentioned in the scriptures of truth.  But the translators of the King James Version of the Bible chose not to trans- literate His name from the original Hebrew into English.  They chose instead to replace it with the title  “the LORD.”  They should have written down those 6,700 times "Yahweh” and the shortened form “Yah,” for that is the sound of His name, written out into English. 

      Better make that 6,699 times, for only one time did the translators leave in the KJV God’s original Hebrew name.  It is found in Psalms 68:4.  “Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH.”  Praise Him by His name JAH.  And since the letter “J” did not come into the English  alphabet until medieval times,  the spelling came from “IAH” with the “i” coming from the “Y” in yod, the Phoenician letter for “i”.  So YAH would be a more correct  transliteration of His name.

     In fact, that is exactly how it is spelled in the New King James Version.  “Extol Him,” it says, “who rides on the clouds, by His name YAH.”    

     Quoting the editors on page iv of the Preface to the New King James Version of the Holy Bible: “The covenant name of God was usually translated from the Hebrew as “LORD” (using capital letters as shown) in the King James Old Testament.  This tradition is maintained.”  Maintained except in Psalms 68:4.

     Furthermore, the Son of God’s name was the same as the patriarch Joshua.  It was not Iesus or Jesus.  It was very close to the name Joshua, or Ioshua, or Yehoshua or Yahshua. The name means “Yah is Savior” or “Yah is Salvation.”  The  Son did say that He came in His Father’s name.  Somewhere in the Son’s name must be the Father’s name.

     For the above reasons among many others (please see the author’s previous book Yah Is Savior: The Road to Immortality—ordering information is found in the back of this book) I will use the names Yahweh, Yah, and Yahshua in place of “the LORD” and “Jesus.”