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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 (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.  
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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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