This page discusses whether the Name of YHWH would be better rendered Yahuweh or Yahuwah.
How will we determine if the Name should be Yahuweh or Yahuwah?
Can we determine which it should be when the evidence from scholars seems scant at best and very inconclusive? On what do the varying parties base their opinion?

From what we have read the major factors in reaching the choice of Yahuweh, seem to rest on
(a) The Greek interpretation and transliteration
 (b) The verb “to be”. haYah-He “ was” and ehyeh-He “ is” ,giving the meaning of His Name to be ‘He who was and is”.
and (c) that ‘ah’ is a feminine ending and ‘eh’ masculine
 

The major factors in reaching the choice of Yahuwah seem to be,
(a) The only difference between Yahuwah and Yahudah is the Daleth the ‘D’ so if Yahudah is correct then it must be Yahu(w)ah
(b)looking to the use of the 4 letters in other Hebrew words. i.e. looking to the Hebrew language itself.

Let us take those ideas one at a time.
The Greek Transliterations: -
This is unreliable, for the reasons given on the “Yahweh” page. Click here to read.
[We will add to this section as soon as possible ]
 
The verb “to be’-
While it is 100% correct to say that ‘He Was and He Is ” . The statement almost begs the question, was and is what? And you may answer He was and is Elohiym of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. However I tend to believe that the Name above All Names would say a little more about Who He was and is, than merely state His existence.

Feminine ‘ah’ - Masculine ‘eh’
Well it’s a thought, but, Names are nouns and personal names to do NOT have to follow any rules of Grammar. As we can see from the (a) reason for Yahuwah - the Name Yahudah ends in ‘ah’ however brother Yahudah was male. Thus proving even in Hebrew names do not have to follow the rules of grammar.
[ And it is unlikely that those rules of grammar existed in Mosheh’s day]

Yahuwah - Yahudah.
The evidence for Yahuwah based on Yahudah is good, though hardly conclusive,in and of itself.

 Other Hebrew words
So to where will we look for the answer???
It seems a mighty fine idea to look in Scripture and see if we can find any clues in there.
What doessay about HIS OWN NAME.

Shemoth(Exodus) 3:15
And Elohiym said to Moses again, You shall say this to the sons of Israel, ,the Elohiym of your fathers, the Elohiyn of Abraham, the Elohiym of Isaac, and the Elohiym of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial from generation to generation.

So the NAME of YHWH is Yah’s memorial. Just what is this word “memorial” ?
H2143
zeker
BDB Definition:
1) memorial, remembrance.  1a) remembrance, memory. 1b) memorial
Part of Speech: noun masculine

Strongs Definition:
From H2142; a memento, abstractly recollection (rarely if ever);
by implication commemoration: - memorial, memory, remembrance, scent.

A memorial as we all know commemorates a specific event or a person known for something special.
We see this same word used in relation to the Set Apart High Sabbath Days. As we all know those days are a memorial of specific events, as well as a shadow of things to come.(Col.2:17)

 What event could the Namebe a memorial of? Obviously it is something that is “from generation to generation” which many translations render
“my memorial unto all generations”.
By the time that Yah said this to Moses there had been a fair few generations already. So we have to go back to the beginning to find what it might be a memorial of.
In fact we need to go back to the beginning of the first generation in Bereshith (Genesis)
Bereshith (Genesis) 2:7
AndElohiym formed man of the dust of the ground,  and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul

We firmly believe that this is the event that Yah’s name is a memorial of. Remembering that what we are looking for is from the oldest form of Hebrew.,
 Is there a word that would connect with both the event and Yah’s Name?
H1933 in Strong’s   hâvâ'  /  hâvâh
A primitive root (compare H183, H1961) supposed to mean properly to breathe;
to be (in the sense of existence): - be, X have.

Here we have a three letter primitive root word that means, to breathe, and is exactly the last 3 letters of the 4 letter tetragrammaton.
The only letter missing is the first letter. the yod
Strong’s transliterates this word as ‘havah” however as we have discussed elsewhere there was no v sound in ancient Hebrew only a “weak’ or ‘soft’  “w” sound resulting from the vowel ‘u’ or ‘oo’. Which would make it “ ha-uw-ah”
In Hebrew the vowel could be either side of the consonant but seldom together without a consonant sound separating them.
 In this case taking ‘Hauwah” and adding the Yod this would become YaHuWaH.
So what would the “ yod” infer.
The ancient pictogram for the yod was meaning the hand or the work
So this would make to mean, “He works Breath” or “Giver and Sustainer of Life”
Bereshith (Genesis) 2:7
AndElohiym formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul
 

Shemoth(Exodus) 3:15 (last part)
“........This is My name forever, and this is My memorial from generation to generation.”

 Can we then say that the Tetragram stands for YaHuWaH and it simply means ‘giver and sustainer of life.’ ? or simply ‘Life’
Is it possible that we can say that there is one short phrase or word, that can contain the height, depth and breadth of in the way that we can say, Yeshayahu means “Yah will deliver”?
Let us consider this further.

In John 1 we read in reference to Messiah:-
John 1:4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men;

We further we read in John 14:-
Yohanan (John) 14:10
Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The Words which I speak to you I do not speak from Myself, but the Father who abides in Me, He does the works*. (*the Yode)

So we see that the Father abides in Moshiach and so does Life. Could it be that “Life” = The Father. Let us look also at Mattithyahu 28:-
Mattithyahu 28:19
Then having gone, disciple all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Ruach Ha Kadosh,

This Name belongs simultaneously to The Father, The Son and the Ruach (Spirit)
If we were to say that YAH pertains to the Father as First Cause, and HU pertains to The Son as “He” who spoke.. ”The Word” that became flesh.
We have the Father and Son in YAHU. Can we find The Ruach Ha Kadosh in the final ‘ah’ or ‘eh’??
Let us look at some Scripture that tells us the attributes of the Ruach.
The following verses from Yeshayahu tell us of the Spirit ofthat was to be upon Moshiach

Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 11:2-3
Isa 11:2And the spirit⁷³⁰⁷ of³⁰⁶⁸ shall rest⁵¹¹⁷ upon⁵⁹²¹ him, the spirit⁷³⁰⁷ of wisdom²⁴⁵¹ and understanding,⁹⁹⁸ the spirit⁷³⁰⁷ of counsel⁶⁰⁹⁸ and might,¹³⁶⁹ the spirit⁷³⁰⁷ of knowledge¹⁸⁴⁷ and of the fear³³⁷⁴ of ;³⁰⁶⁸
Isa 11:3 And shall make him of quick understanding⁷³⁰⁶in the fear³³⁷⁴  of:³⁰⁶⁸ and he shall not³⁸⁰⁸ judge⁸¹⁹⁹ after the sight⁴⁷⁵⁸ of his eyes,⁵⁸⁶⁹ neither³⁸⁰⁸ reprove³¹⁹⁸ after the hearing⁴⁹²⁶ of his ears:²⁴¹


Also in Shemoth (Exodus)31. We see The Ruach given to Betsal’el for special purpose.

Shemoth (Exodus)31.
Exo 31:2 See,⁷²⁰⁰ I have called⁷¹²¹ by name⁸⁰³⁴ Betsal’el¹²¹² the son¹¹²¹ of Uri,²²¹ the son¹¹²¹ of Hur,²³⁵⁴ of the tribe⁴²⁹⁴ of Yahudah:³⁰⁶³
Exo 31:3 And I have filled⁴³⁹⁰ him with the spirit⁷³⁰⁷ of Elohiym,⁴³⁰ in wisdom,²⁴⁵¹ and in
understanding,⁸³⁹⁴ and in knowledge,¹⁸⁴⁷ and in all manner³⁶⁰⁵ of workmanship,⁴³⁹⁹

The numbers given in both extracts are from Strong’s; we have underlined those words pertaining to the attributes of the Ruach(Spirit). Let us briefly take a closer look at those words.
Starting with Yeshayahu 11.

Wisdom - H2451 - - chokmah

Understanding-H998--biynah

Counsel - H6098-  - ‘etsah

Might - H1369 - - geburah

Knowledge - H1847- - da’ath*

Fear - H3374 - - yir’ah

From Shemoth (Exodus)31:2-3 we add:-
  Understanding - H8394 - - tebunah

Workmanship - H4399- -m^ela’kah

From those Scriptures we see that with only one exception*all the Hebrew word end with“ah”

Also from Tehillim (Psalms) 119 we see:-
Psa 119:40  Behold,²⁰⁰⁹ I have longed⁸³⁷³ after thy precepts:⁶⁴⁹⁰ quicken²⁴²¹ me in thy
 righteousness.⁶⁶⁶⁶

The word translated “quicken” H2421 is‘chayah’ and variously translated as; quicken, live, lived, alive, save, life, revive, saved, recover,preserve, restored, and a number of other words that all pertain to be quickened by the Ruach (Spirit).
Also from the same verse, we see the word “righteousness” H6666 “ts^edaqah”

Let us look at just one more scripture in relation to this:-

Tehillim (Psalms)40:10
 I have not³⁸⁰⁸ hid³⁶⁸⁰thy righteousness⁶⁶⁶⁶ within⁸⁴³² my heart;³⁸²⁰ I have declared⁵⁵⁹ thy
 faithfulness⁵³⁰ and thy salvation:⁸⁶⁶⁸ I have not³⁸⁰⁸ concealed³⁵⁸² thy lovingkindness²⁶¹⁷and thy truth⁵⁷¹ from the great⁷²²⁷ congregation.⁶⁹⁵¹

We see here the two words ‘faithfulness’ and ‘salvation’
Faithfulness - H530- - emunah

Salvation- H8668- -t^eshu’ah

By now we have made the point that, in looking to the Hebrew words pertaining to the Ruach - we see that the vast majority end in ‘ah’ while none give an ‘eh’.
It is only by looking to the Greek, that we can find any evidence that our Elohiym has a Name, that ends in ‘eh’. While clearly there is ample evidence from the Hebrew
that if YaH belongs to the Father
and HuW to the Son, then certainly
aH belongs to the Ruach giving the name to be YaHuWaH. (Yahuah)
YHWH or if you prefer - EAUA 4 Vowels.

Before we close this study for the moment, let us examine one more way to view this.
In Bereshith (genesis)3:20
And Adam¹²¹ called⁷¹²¹ his wife's⁸⁰² name⁸⁰³⁴ Eve;²³³² because³⁵⁸⁸ she¹⁹³¹ was¹⁹⁶¹
 the mother⁵¹⁷ of all³⁶⁰⁵ living.²⁴¹⁶

Let us look at the name of “Eve” H2332 transliterated by Strong’s as “Chavvah”.
As we have seen there was no ‘v’, so this would more correctly be transliterated as Chawwah, or as ‘The Scriptures’ translation has it “Hawwah”. We see that the reason Adam called his wife this was because she was the mother of all living. However we have
already seen these three letters; reading from right to left “- chet, waw, hey-” in the word translated ‘quicken’ in Tehillim119:40 . Exactly the same letters in the same order and recorded as H2421 transliterated “chayah”

Consider also the letter “waw”-- that we have seen and associated with HU, the “waw” is used in the Hebrew, as our English word ‘and’. A nail or peg ( the picture for waw) joins to things together.

Many of the qualities of the Ruach are considered feminine, Solomon refers to Wisdom as feminine.
 Let us consider also that when Elohiym made man in His own image. Hefirst made Adam complete in His image.Then took “a part of” His image, from Adam, to create Hawwah.
It takes both a man (male aspect) and a woman(female aspect) to join together to create a son.
So could we say YAH (male aspect) joined to WAH (female aspect) by HUW (the” waw” or nail)
Father Son  Mother
 YAH   HUW   WAH
merged together making YaHuWaH complete. Or if you prefer to think of it this way:-
     Mind Body Spirit
       YAH  HUW  WAH  
once again merged together as YaHuWaH complete.
We need The Mind that was in Messiah to be in us - the Mind of the Father(Philippians 2:5)
We need the shed blood from The Body of Messiah for the forgiveness of our sins.
We need The Spirit, The Ruach Ha Kadosh to lead us in Truth and Wisdom without The Ruach
we have no Eternal LIFE. We need YaHuWah - Complete in us, for ourselves to be Complete.
YAHUWAH -------- HE IS LIFE.
We will continue this study at a later date. :

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