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Re: Religious Festivities

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, December 24, 1998, 19:40
Bryan Maloney wrote:
> Although, actually He supposedly does have a name, of unknown > pronunciation: "YHVH", and if that were really to be translated into > English, it is speculated that it would be somethingl like "I am" or "It > is" or "He is" or "He who exists".
Yahweh is believed to be the correct pronunciation, based on records by other peoples, such as the Greeks, writing about the Jews' religion, and on the form found in various names, -yahu. I've seen it translated as He Causes to Be or He Causes to Become.