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'''Yahweh''' is an Anglicized version of the Name of [[God]], as spoken during the time of the [[Temple of Jerusalem|Temple]] and understood by [[Judaism]] and [[Christianity]] as taught in the [[Old Testament]] or the [[Bible]]. In the [[Hebrew]] written language, which often uses no written vowels, The Name is written using four consonants called the [[tetragrammaton]], but never spoken.{{language box|hebrew=<big>'''יַהְוֶה'''</big>|hebrewr=Yahweh}}However, because [[Jew]]s generally were forbidden by the [[TetragrammatonTen Commandments|YHWHThird Commandment]]to pronounce the sacred name, the vowels of ''Adonai'' (literally 'my lords') were normally inserted between its consonants, but never spokenresulting in the name '[[Jehovah]]'. Reflecting the same taboo, the earlier English translations of the [[Bible]] replaced the name with the phrase 'the LORD'. Because [[Jesus]]' followers routinely called him ''adon'' ('boss', 'lord', which translated into the [[gospel]]s' [[Greek language|Greek]] as ''kurios''), the two titles became confused in English, to the point where it became unclear whether the phrase 'the LORD' was referring to Jesus or to Yahweh.

However, because [[Jew]]s generally were forbidden by the [[Fifth Commandment]] to pronounce In the sacred name19th century, German scholar Wilhelm Gesenius suggested that the vowels of tetragrammaton (''Adonai'יְהֹוָה' (literally 'my lords') were normally inserted between its consonants, resulting in the name be vowelized as '[[Jehovah]]'. Reflecting the same taboo, the earlier English translations of the [[Bible]] replaced the name with the phrase 'the LORDיַהְוֶה'. Because [[Jesus]]' followers routinely called him ''adon'' ('boss', 'lord', which translated into the [[gospel]]s' [[Greek]] as ''kurios''), the two titles became confused in English, corresponding to the point where it became unclear whether the phrase 'the LORD' was referring to Jesus or to romanization "Yahweh. "

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