Guest guest Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 It was one of those things that just happened. Roni ilanar49 <ilana.rosansky@...> wrote: Chuck wrote: " At any rate, it was never in any of the ancient languages involved in scripture. " 1) 'scripture' if you are referring to the Hebrew Bible, was written in HEBREW. God's name there, in the Torah scroll, is a 4 letter (tetra - grammaton) word consisting of the Hebrew letters yud-hey-vah-hey. It's not pronounced today, as written, because a) only the High Priest uttered the name and only in the Holy of Holies spot in the Holy Temple and only on Yom Kippur on behalf of the people, and we no longer know HOW to pronounce it, since the Temple's destruction. So in Hebrew, a different word is substituted for it. We don't utter God's name, therefore. Other languages' " translations " (e.g. God, Gott (German), Dieu, Dios, etc...) are not God's name. God's name is that unpronounceable 4 letter word as it appears in the Torah scroll in Hebrew. 2) BUT... more importantly: I fail to understand why, on a list on hypothyroidism, there is ANY discussion of theology or religion. It seems to me to be inappropriate. I'd appreciate it if we kept to the topic. Thanks, Ilana nsky --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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