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The Conservative Bible Project indicates: "Prefer Conciseness over Liberal Wordiness: preferring conciseness to the liberal style of high word-to-substance ratio; avoid compound negatives and unnecessary ambiguities; prefer concise, consistent use of the word "Lord" rather than "Jehovah" or "Yahweh" or "Lord God."
 
The Conservative Bible Project indicates: "Prefer Conciseness over Liberal Wordiness: preferring conciseness to the liberal style of high word-to-substance ratio; avoid compound negatives and unnecessary ambiguities; prefer concise, consistent use of the word "Lord" rather than "Jehovah" or "Yahweh" or "Lord God."
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The problem of this thinking is that it ignores than in Ancient Near Eastern cultures, names were very important and so was the meaning of names. For example, both Abraham and Peter were renamed in light of their calling.  
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The problem of this thinking is that it ignores than in Ancient Near Eastern cultures, names were very important and so was the meaning of names (see:  http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-03272009-190249/unrestricted/Nick'sThesis.pdf THE CONCEPT OF SECRET NAMES IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST]). For example, both Abraham and Peter were renamed in light of their calling.  
    
Each name of God has a specific meaning and it is no accident that there are many names of God in the ancient Hebrew and each has its own meaning. See: [https://www.blueletterbible.org/study/misc/name_god.cfm Names of God in the Old Testament]
 
Each name of God has a specific meaning and it is no accident that there are many names of God in the ancient Hebrew and each has its own meaning. See: [https://www.blueletterbible.org/study/misc/name_god.cfm Names of God in the Old Testament]
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