The name of God revealed in God's Eternal Word - Holy Bible is Yahweh which is shortened as Yah in some scriptures.( Exodus 15:2,17:16, Psalms 68:4,18,77:11,89:8,94:7,12,102:18, 104:35, 105:45, 106:48, 111:1,112:1, 113:1,9, 115:17,18, 116:19, 117:2, 118:5,14,17,18,19, 122:4, 130:3,135:1,3,4,21, 146:1,10, 147:1,20, 148:1,14, 149:9, 150:1,6, Songs 8:6, Isaiah 12:2,26:4,38:11 ). The meaning of Yah is "am" or "to be" or "existing" and meaning of Yahweh is " the existing one" or "the being one".
God explained his name in greater detail when Moses asked what will he tell children of Israel when they ask what God's name is ( Exodus 3:13,14 ) and God says to Moses to tell them I am who I am, which in Hebrew reads as "eh yah asher eh yah". That is God is saying I am the only one who really exists in the present, existed in the past eternally and will exist forever in the future. All creations of God who claim to exist, exists only because God exists, for God created them and preserves them and judges them when they deny God.
The sacred name of God revealed in the scriptures - Holy Bible is Yahweh Elohim - God The Father and Yahweh Yeshua - God The Son. The sacred name movement that emerged among Adventists in 1930's should not be confused with this as they reject the Triune God.
Yahweh in Hebrew is written as יְ הוָה. We know clearly from other scriptures ( Exodus 15:2,17:16, Psalms 68:4,18,77:11, 89:8, 94:7,12, 102:18, 104:35, 105:45, 106:48, 111:1,112:1, 113:1,9, 115:17,18, 116:19, 117:2, 118:5,14,17,18,19, 122:4, 130:3,135:1,3,4,21, 146:1,10, 147:1,20, 148:1,14, 149:9, 150:1,6, Songs 8:6, Isaiah 12:2,26:4,38:11 ) that Yah is the initial 3 letters. Middle eastern languages like Hebrew, Arabic etc. are read and written from right to left unlike English and other languages which are read and written from left to right.
3rd letter is pronounced "Va or Wa". In modern Hebrew this letter is pronounced as "V", but in ancient Hebrew this letter was pronounced as W and this is today still preserved in certain Hebrew dialects like Yemeni Hebrew dialect particularly for religious purposes. The supplied niqqud vowel underneath this 3rd letter is an upside down triangular 3 dots which is the "segol" niqqud vowel which is varioulsly pronounced as short "e" in Yemeni Hebrew dialect and in other Hebrew dialects. Yemeni Hebrew is considered to be closest to original Hebrew than other Hebrew dialects. So from above 2 points we can conclude that the thrid letter is pronounced as "We".
4th letter which is same as the 2nd letter and so is pronounced as "ah" or H in english language and not as "ho" or "hu" when it is not the ending letter in a word. Thus 3rd and 4th letters together is spelled as "Weh". Thus these 4 letters for God Lord in Hebrew are together pronounced as Yahweh.
A crucial linguistic barrier in the "Yahowah" pronunciation: the attempt to use the Hebrew letter Waw (ו) as both a mater lectionis (a vowel marker for the "OH" sound) and a consonantal glide (the "wah" sound) simultaneously within the exact same space.
In Hebrew phonetics, a single letter cannot function as a consonant and a vowel at the same time in the same syllable. If the Waw is acting as a Holem (the "OH" vowel), it has exhausted its phonetic role for that syllable; it cannot immediately pivot to initiate the next syllable as a consonant ("W") without a separate, explicit consonantal character. Forcing it to do both creates a phonetic anomaly that contradicts ancient Hebrew grammar.
Example of "Nation" vs. "National" perfectly illustrates Trisyllabic Laxing in English—a natural phonological rule where long vowels shorten when suffixes add syllables. In Hebrew, a highly structured parallel system exists known as vocalic reduction and shifting.
How Vowel Shifts Actually Work in Hebrew
Just like English "squishes" vowels to maintain the rhythm of longer words, Biblical Hebrew shifts vowels based on syllable weight and stress. In Hebrew nouns and verbs:
• When a word is prolonged by a suffix, the stress shifts toward the end of the word.
• Because the stress moves away, the open, unaccented vowels near the beginning of the word lose their emphasis.
• To make the word easier to pronounce, these vowels "squish" or reduce into a very short, hurried vowel sound called a Sheva (a quick "eh" or catch in the throat).
For example, when the Hebrew root word for "word" (Dāvār) is pluralised, the stress shifts to the end, causing the first long "Ah" sound to collapse into a short Sheva, becoming Devārīm.
The Real Source of "Yah-OH-wah"
The pronunciation "Yah-OH-wah" did not arise naturally from Hebrew speech patterns. It is actually a linguistic hybrid created by a historical misunderstanding:
1. The Tetragrammaton (YHWH): The original four-letter name of God was considered too sacred to pronounce aloud by ancient Jewish readers.
2. The Substitute (Adonai): When reading the scriptures, whenever readers encountered YHWH, they were instructed to say Adonai (Lord) instead.
3. The Masoretic Vowel Points: To remind readers to say Adonai, medieval Jewish scribes (the Masoretes) took the vowel points from the word Adonai (a short 'a' sound, an 'o', and an 'a') and overlaid them onto the four consonants Y-H-W-H.
4. The Christian Misreading: Centuries later, Christian scholars who were unfamiliar with this Jewish practice read the text literally. They blended the consonants of YHWH with the borrowed vowel points of Adonai, accidentally inventing the hybrid words "Jehovah" and "Yahowah."
Thus a single letter cannot simultaneously serve as a vowel and a consonant in the exact same syllable. Pronouncing it Yah-OH-wah forces the letter Waw to pull double-duty inside the word in a way that ancient Hebrew phonetics simply do not allow.
It is not an intentional corruption or an attempt to alter God's name; it is a fundamental law of how human speech and Hebrew phonetics work.
Think of how vowels naturally shift in English when a word gets longer to make it easier to say:
• The root word Nation has a long "A" sound (Nay-shun).
• But when you make it a longer word like National or Nationality, the "A" automatically squishes into a short "A" sound (Na-shun-al).
Jews gradually stopped pronouncing the four-letter name of God (Tetragrammaton, YHWH) during the 3rd to 2nd centuries BC. The pronunciation was not completely extinct immediately; the High Priest continued to pronounce the name aloud on Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) inside the Holy of Holies.
Following the Roman destruction of the Second Temple in AD70, public pronunciation ceased entirely. Because the central ritual setting for saying the name was lost, the true oral tradition of the vowels faded over time. Centuries later, Jewish scribes (the Masoretes) added vowel markings to the Hebrew text. Instead of the original vowels, they placed the vowel points of Adonai ( as Yahowah ) or Elohim as ( Yahowih ) around the consonants YHWH to remind the reader to say the substitute word instead of the actual name.When the Masoretic scribes added vowel points to the Hebrew Bible text around the 6th–10th centuries CE, they did something deliberate:
1. Masoretes left the four consonants Y-H-W-H exactly as written.
2. They superimposed the vowels from the Hebrew word Adonai (which means "Lord") onto those consonants.
3. This acted as a visual warning flag telling the reader: "Do not say Yahweh out loud; read the word 'Adonai' instead.
Because the first vowel of Adonai is a short "Ah" sound, placing it underneath the Y of YHWH automatically forces it to follow the phonetic rule mentioned above, blending into a "Yeh" sound. When early European Christian translators looked at these Hebrew texts centuries later, they read the consonants and the substitute vowels straight through as a single word, accidentally creating the hybrid name Yehowah / Jehovah.
The mechanical and scribal reality of how this happened reveals why it works this way:
1. The Guttural Rule: Why Adonai is Forced to Use "Ah"
In Hebrew, the word Adonai starts with the letter Aleph (א). Aleph is a guttural consonant (a sound made in the back of the throat).
• Guttural letters in Hebrew are weak and cannot smoothly hold a standard, simple "silent" or short vowel stop (called a vocal sheva), which sounds like an "eh".
• To help the human throat pronounce a vowel under a guttural letter, Hebrew grammar requires a composite vowel (a chatef-patach). This forces the short vowel stop to take a quick, breathy "Ah" sound.
Therefore, Adonai only sounds like "Ah-donai" because the Aleph forces the vowel to morph into an "Ah" sound.
2. The Yod Rule: Why YHWH Transforms it to "Yeh"
The standalone name YHWH starts with the letter Yod (י). A Yod is not a guttural letter.
• When the Masoretic scribes lifted the vowel system of Adonai and laid it over YHWH, the non-guttural Yod rejected the composite "Ah" marker because it didn't need the guttural throat assistance.
• According to the laws of Hebrew phonetics, when a composite vowel is applied to a regular letter like Yod, it automatically reduces back down to its simplest, default form: a simple sheva.
• A simple sheva under a Yod naturally and cleanly produces the "Yeh" sound.
So, the scribes did apply the vowel coding of Adonai to YHWH. However, the immutable laws of Hebrew spelling forced that coding to render on the page as "Yeh" instead of "Yah" or "Ah
3. Absolute Proof: The Preposition Test
Skeptics often wonder if this is just a convenient theory made up by modern linguists. It isn't, and we can prove it using prefixes like the Hebrew word for "to" or "for" (the letter Lamed / ל).
• If you attach "to" to the regular word Adonai, Hebrew grammar rules dictate the prefix blends with the Aleph's composite vowel, creating the spoken sound L'Adonai (with a distinct "ah" shift on the prefix).
• When you look at the ancient Masoretic manuscripts—like the Aleppo Codex—and look at the phrase "to YHWH," the prefix is pointed exactly the way it would be if it were prefixing the word Adonai.
The scribes pointed the prefixes to literally read "To Lord," confirming that the vowels on the page were a perpetual reminder to say Adonai, completely bypassing the actual pronunciation of YHWH.
The scribes did not randomly choose to change "Yah" to "Yeh" out of thin air to change the name. The "Yeh" sound (יְ) is the mathematical and grammatical result of forcing the vowels of Adonai (אֲ) onto the consonant Yod (י).
• The Soleb Egyptian Inscription (14th Century BCE):
• Hieroglyphic inscriptions from the temple of Amenhotep III at Soleb (Sudan) contain an Egyptian list of foreign lands that mentions the "Land of the Shasu [nomads] of Yhw3" (tꜣ šꜣsw Yhwꜣ).
• This is widely considered by historians and Egyptologists to be the oldest written reference to the god Yahweh, matching the early consonantal root.
Based on the principles of Egyptian Group Writing (syllabic orthography used during the New Kingdom to spell out foreign words), linguists and Egyptologists reconstruct the pronunciation of yhwꜣ as "Yahu" or "Yah-wa
Here is exactly how the hieroglyphs function phonetically, based on how the Egyptians spelled out other related Semitic names at the time:
1. Decoding the Hieroglyphic Signs
The cartouche at Soleb consists of four distinct phonetic characters:
1. 𓇋𓇋 (Double Reed Leaf): Represents the Semitic consonant Yod (Y). In New Kingdom group writing, this pairing frequently initiated a syllable alongside a vowel sound, often sounding like "Ya"
2. 𓉔 (Reed Shelter / Twisted Flax): Represents the glottal fricative H, directly matching the Semitic He.
3. 𓍯 or 𓅱 (Lasso / Quail Chick): Represents the consonant W or the long vowel U/O.
4. 𓄿 (Vulture - Transliterated as ꜣ or 3): Historically an Egyptian aleph (glottal stop), by the New Kingdom era it was regularly used in foreign names as a marker to indicate a final "a" vowel sound.
How Group Writing Determines the Vowels
Because Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs are primarily consonantal, they normally do not record vowels. However, when writing foreign places, captives, or deities, scribes utilized "Group Writing"—combining specific characters to act as pseudo-vowels so Egyptian officials could pronounce the names accurately.
• The First Syllable (Y-H): In parallel Semitic name lists from the same era (such as the Thutmose III and Ramesses II lists), the combination of the double reed leaf and the "H" sign uniformly transliterated Northwest Semitic words starting with a "Yah-" sound.
• The Final Syllable (W-ꜣ): The quail chick (w) paired with the vulture (ꜣ) was the standard Egyptian formula for rendering a terminal "-wa" or "-ua" sound in foreign West Semitic nouns.
Cross-Checking with Parallel Texts
Scribes repeated this name in other topographical lists, which helps clarify the intended sound:
• The Amarah West Inscription (13th Century BCE): Under Ramesses II, Egyptian copyists duplicated Amenhotep's list. They wrote the exact same phrase (tꜣ šꜣsw yhwꜣ). The consistency across generations confirms it was a highly standardized phonetic spelling for a specific phonetic target: "Yahwa".
• The Medinet Habu Inscription: Later lists feature slight orthographic shifts (like yi-ha), indicating that the pronunciation shifted slightly over time or dialect, but firmly kept the open "Yah" prefix.
What This Teaches Us About the Tetragrammaton
The modern consensus among historical linguists is that the 14th-century BCE Egyptian scribes at Soleb were hearing a nomadic group (the Shasu) invoke a patron deity or territory named "Yahwa".
This directly supports the "Yahweh" reconstruction over "Jehovah" or "Yahowah":
1. It proves the original ancient pronunciation began with a "Yah" sound (not "Je").
• Early Christian and Patristic Transliterations:
• Early church fathers explicitly wrote out how the name sounded in Greek.
• Clement of Alexandria (early 3rd century AD) and Theodoret of Cyrrhus (5th century AD) explicitly transliterated the pronunciation of the Samaritans and others as Yahweh (or Iaous / Iabe in various Greek and Gnostic texts).
Clement of Alexandria (c. 150–215 AD) preserved an ancient, highly accurate literary transliteration (Iaoue) from older mystical and philosophical archives.
In his major work, The Stromata (Book V, Chapter 6), Clement of Alexandria provides one of the most structurally significant textual witnesses to the historical pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
Clement’s primary goal in this passage is allegorical and philosophical. He argues that the vestments of the Jewish High Priest—specifically the golden plate worn on the turban (tzitz)—contained hidden, mystical "enigmas" meant to signify the transcendent nature of God.
1. The Original Greek Text
The critical passage in Clement's original Greek reads:
"ἀτὰρ καὶ τὸ τετράγραμμον ὄνομα τὸ μυστικόν, ὃ περιέκειντο οἷς μόνοις τὸ ἄδυτον βάσιμον ἦν· λέγεται δὲ Ἰαούε [or Ἰαού], ὃ μεθερμηνεύεται ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἐσόμενος."
English Translation
"Further, the mystic name of four letters which was affixed to those alone to whom the adytum [Holy of Holies] was accessible, is called Iaoue [or Iaou], which is interpreted, 'Who is and shall be
Step-by-Step Breakdown of the Passage
A. The High Priest's Nameplate ("The Mystic Name... Affixed")
• What Clement is referencing: Clement is describing the Petal or Tzitz (Exodus 28:36), the engraved plate of pure gold tied to the front of the High Priest's miter or turban.
• The Ritual Context: He notes it was restricted to "those alone to whom the adytum was accessible." The adytum is the Greek term for the innermost sanctuary—the Holy of Holies. Only the High Priest could look upon or wear this name, symbolizing that the true pronunciation of God's name was a highly guarded, esoteric secret restricted from the common public.
The Transliteration into Greek: Iaoue (Ἰαούε) vs. Iaou (Ἰαού)
Because ancient Greek did not possess a letter for the Semitic "W" sound (Waw) or the harsh "H" sound (He), Clement had to use a string of Greek vowels to replicate the phonetics of YHWH:
• "Ια" (Ia): Captures the initial syllable Yah-.
• "ου" (ou): In Greek, the diphthong ou matches the vocalized "w" or "u" sound of the Hebrew letter Waw.
• "ε" (e): Captures the terminal vowel sound -eh.
• The Variance: In surviving medieval manuscript copies of the Stromata, there is a minor textual variant. Some manuscripts drop the final epsilon, rendering it Iaou (Ἰαού). However, whether read as Iaoue or Iaou, it phonetically mirrors a two-syllable word sounding precisely like "Yah-weh" or "Yah-wu".
. The Etymological Definition ("Who is and shall be")
Clement explicitly links his transliteration back to the root meaning of the Hebrew verb Hayah ("to be"), directly referencing the divine self-revelation to Moses at the burning bush (Exodus 3:14):
• He explains that Iaoue translates to "ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἐσόμενος" ("Who is and shall be" / "The One who exists and who will exist").
• This proves Clement wasn't just pulling random vowels out of a Gnostic hat; he understood the precise grammatical underpinning of the Hebrew Tetragrammaton as a future/present continuous causative verb form—completely independent of the later Adonai (Lord) substitution system.
Why This Passage Matters to Modern Archaeologists
Clement wrote this in the early 3rd century AD. While the spoken tradition was already heavily suppressed within mainstream rabbinic Judaism, Clement’s literary documentation provides an incredibly clean, phonetic baseline. It proves that centuries before medieval scholars invented the hybrid word "Jehovah" by mixing up vowel points, the historical Christian and philosophical archives of Alexandria remembered the Tetragrammaton as a fluid, vocalized name: Yahweh
In his monumental work, the Hexapla (a massive six-column comparative Old Testament), Origen 185-254 CE, did not translate or phonetically transliterate YHWH into Greek letters within the biblical text itself.
Instead, he preserved the original four letters. When a palimpsest fragment of Origen's Hexapla (specifically fragments of the Psalms) was discovered in the Ambrosian Library of Milan, it revealed that Origen wrote the Tetragrammaton in square Aramaic-Hebrew script (יהוה) directly inside the Greek columns.
When discussing the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton theoretically in his Commentary on Psalm 2, Origen observed the deep-seated Jewish prohibition against speaking the name aloud.
To denote the actual four-letter name phonetically, he recorded it as Iaḗ (Ἰαή).
• Similar to Clement's Iaoue, the "Ia-" captures the initial "Yah" sound.
• The "-ḗ" acts as a condensed phonetic marker for the final breathy He syllable.
• Linguists view Origen's Iaḗ as a slightly contracted but linguistically identical variant of "Yahweh."
In Apologetics and Name Elements: Iaṓ (Ἰαώ)
In his famous apologetic work, Contra Celsum (Against Celsus), Origen fiercely defended Jewish and Christian monotheism against pagan philosophy. Here, he addresses the form Iaṓ (Ἰαώ), which was heavily favored by contemporary Gnostics and pagan magicians:
• The Theophoric Connection: Origen correctly identified that Iaṓ was the direct transliteration of the shortened, three-letter divine name suffix (-yahu or -yaho) found at the end of biblical personal names like Elijah (Eliyahu) or Isaiah (Yeshayahu).
• The "Power of Names" Theory: In Contra Celsum, Origen argued a fascinating linguistic point: he insisted that divine names carry an inherent, supernatural power that is untranslatable. He noted that names like Iaṓ, Sabaoth, and Adonai lose their cosmic efficacy if you try to translate them into Greek words like "Lord" or "Almighty". They had to be kept in their raw, phonetic Hebrew sounds to preserve their spiritual force.
Summary of Origen’s Formula
While Clement gave us a snapshot of a literary phonetic tradition (Iaoue), Origen provided the multi-layered toolkit:
1. in visual scripture to maintain unedited accuracy he used directly YHWH .
2. Iaḗ to represent the full vocalized name (Yahweh).
- The Tetragrammaton is derived from the archaic root H-W-Y (to be / to become).
- If the name is a causative verb form (the Hifil stem, meaning "He causes to be"), the prefix takes an "a" sound (Yah-), but the rules of Hebrew weak verbs force the final syllable to change to an "eh" or "ee" sound (as in Yahweh), not another "ah".
- If it is a basic verb form (Qal stem, meaning "He is"), it would typically vocalize as Yihweh.
ָה) is the standard marker used to make a noun or name feminine.- Examples include sar (prince) becoming sarah (princess), or names like Moriyah.
- Throughout the Hebrew Bible, the Tetragrammaton (YHWH) consistently takes masculine verbs, pronouns, and adjectives.
- Vocalizing the name as "Yahwah" would mistakenly apply a feminine noun ending to a grammatically masculine deity, violating basic Hebrew.
In New Testament scriptures the name of Lord Jesus Christ is revealed as Yeshua Christ. Christ means the Anointed one in Greek and its ancient Hebrew is Mashiah and its actual Greek word is Christos and from Christos "Christian" originated in Antioch as recorded in Acts 11:26 .
Yeshua means salvation in 1st Century AD Hebrew - Matthew 1:21, Luke 1:31, 2:21, Acts 4:12, Exodus 15:2, Isaiah 12:2, Psalms 118:14While Yehoshua (יְהוֹשֻׁעַ—the original form of "Joshua") is the etymological root of Yeshua, regional naming habits and archaeological data reveal a distinct linguistic shift during the Second Temple period.
The Archaeological Record Favors Yeshua :-
Excavations of first-century Judean tombs and ossuaries (limestone bone boxes) reveal that Yeshua was one of the most common male names of the era, ranking around the fifth or sixth most popular.
• According to data compiled by scholars like Tal Ilan, the shortened form Yeshua appears 5 to 6 times more frequently on ancient ossuaries and documents from this period than the archaic Yehoshua.
• In total, the name Yeshua has been identified in at least 71 ancient burial caves.
Linguistic Evolution
The name Yehoshua means "Yahweh is salvation". Following the Babylonian exile, the name naturally evolved into the truncated form Yeshua (found in the biblical books of Ezra and Nehemiah). By the time Jesus was born in Galilee, Yeshua was the standard everyday pronunciation, while Yehoshua was treated as a formal, mostly literary biblical name.
Textual Transitions to the New Testament
Because the New Testament was written in Greek, first-century authors had to transliterate the Semitic name Yeshua.
• Ancient Greek lacked a "sh" sound and could not properly end a masculine name with an "ah" vowel.
• Consequently, they adapted Yeshua into Iesous (Ἰησοῦς), which later transitioned through Latin into the English name Jesus.
Ancient Jewish ossuaries feature simple inscriptions like "Yeshua son of Joseph". Because multiple people shared these exact name combinations, archaeologists cannot link them to a specific person unless there is a unique qualifier.
• The "Brother" Rule: In the ancient patriarchal world, individuals were virtually always identified by their father's name (e.g., Yoseph bar Qapa). A brother's name was only added if that brother was remarkably prominent or important.
• Case Study: The famous James Ossuary bears the inscription "Jacob (James), son of Joseph, brother of Jesus". Statisticians and epigraphers like André Lemaire have argued that while James, Joseph, and Jesus were all common names, the statistical probability of finding this exact three-way family combination—compounded by the rare mention of a brother—makes it highly likely to belong to the James of the New Testament.
High-Status Titles and Ornate Artistry
The level of craftsmanship and specific text on the box often correlates with historical records regarding a person's social standing.
• Case Study: In 1990, archaeologists discovered a highly decorated, intricately carved limestone box in Jerusalem. It bore the Aramaic inscription "Yoseph bar Qapa" (Joseph, son of Caiaphas). First-century historian Josephus explicitly recorded that the high priest who presided over the trial of Jesus was named "Joseph Caiaphas." The extreme luxury of the box paired with the exact, unusual family name provided a direct match to the High Priest.
Once an inscription provides a candidate, biological anthropologists analyze the actual skeletal remains left inside the box to check if they align with the historical figure’s biography.
• Age and Sex Estimation: Experts analyze the pelvic bones, skull markers, and joint wear to determine age and biological sex. For example, the bones inside the Caiaphas ossuary included those of a 60-year-old male, which perfectly fits the timeline of a retired, long-serving High Priest.
• Pathology and Trauma: Skeletons preserve records of health, diet, and manner of death. If historical texts state a figure was crucified, stoned, or suffered from a known physical deformity, osteoarchaeologists look for corresponding fractures or lesions on the bones.
The strongest linguistic proof comes from how first-century writers translated Semitic names into Greek. In the earliest fragments of the New Testament Gospels (written in the 1st century AD), Jesus' name is written in Greek as Ἰησοῦς (Iesous).
• The Phonetic Link: When Jewish translators phonetically spelled out the short name Yeshua (יֵשׁוּעַ) into Greek, it naturally became Iesous.
• The Contrast: If they had been trying to write the longer name Yehoshua (יְהוֹשֻׁעַ), the Greek spelling would have retained an extra syllable to account for the "ho" sound—typically transliterated as Ieousa or Iehosoua.
• The Septuagint Blueprint: We see this exact behavior in the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible made centuries earlier). In books like Ezra and Nehemiah, historical figures explicitly named Yeshua are translated into Greek as Iesous.
Because the earliest 1st-century records of Jesus use Iesous, we know his contemporaries were translating Yeshua, not Yehoshua.
The Abba Hilkiah and Judean Desert Documents
Beyond the New Testament, we have physical, handwritten ink documents from the 1st and early 2nd centuries found in the Judean desert (such as the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bar Kokhba letters).
• These legal contracts, receipts, and personal letters show that the name Yehoshua had practically vanished from everyday use by the 1st century.
• Instead, living men with that name signed their own legal documents as Yeshua.
The Lack of "Yehoshua" on First-Century Ossuaries
When we look at the hundreds of bone boxes excavated from 1st-century Jerusalem, the name Yehoshua is virtually non-existent on ordinary tombs from that specific generation. The people living in Judea and Galilee at that time had completely shifted to using the shortened form Yeshua.
Therefore, historians conclude that Jesus of Nazareth could not have been called Yehoshua in daily life, because that longer form was an obsolete, literary biblical name at the time—much like someone today being named John rather than the archaic Johannes.
Since God revealed his name to Israelites in their Hebrew language God wants all people of earth who follow other languages also address God in his revealed name in Hebrew. This is made clear in God's Eternal Word - Holy Bible where God condemns sorrounding nations of Israel for not learning to swear in the name of Yahweh instead using the name of idol Baal for worship and makes it clear that he will destroy them for doing so ( Jeremiah 12:14-17 ).
So it is important that correct name of God in Hebrew which is Yahweh Elohim - God The Father and Yahweh Yeshua - God The Son is used in all prayer and worship and all Holy Bible versions and translations all over this earth. So Yahweh and Yeshua which are the correct name of God the Father and God the son in Hebrew is used in True version of Holy Bible - God's Eternal Word.
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