IS THE ORIGINAL NAME YAHWEH??
"NO COMPLETE CERTAINTY ATTACHES TO THIS PRONUNCIATION."
The two paragraphs given below are from the Principals of Translation introduction to the New American Standard Bible, Text Ed, Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, 1977, p. viii.
The information presented here will give emphasis to the truth that all who are making the outlandish claim that they have found and use "the correct and original Hebrew pronunciation of the tetragrammaton" are making a bogus claim. They may be earnest and sincere in their beliefs regarding this matter, but their information is incorrect.
They are imagining they have something that in truth they do not have.
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From the introduction of the New American Standard Bible:
"The Proper Name of God in the Old Testament: In the Scriptures, the name of God is most significant and understandably so. It is inconceivable to think of spiritual matters without a proper designation for the Supreme Deity. Thus the most common name for deity is God, a translation of the original Elohim. The normal word for Master is Lord, a rendering of Adonai. There is yet another name which is particularly assigned to God as His special or proper name, that is, the four letters YHWH (Exodus 3:14 and Isaiah 42:8). This name has not been pronounced by the Jews because of reverence for the great sacredness of the divine name. Therefore, it was consistently pronounced and translated LORD. The only exception to this translation of YHWH is when it occurs in immediate proximity to the word Lord, that is, Adonai. In that case it is regularly translated GOD in order to avoid confusion.
"It is known that for many years YHWH has been transliterated as Yahweh, however no complete certainty attaches to this pronunciation."
