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The Hebrew Bible King James Edition of 1769 Holy Name & Divine Titles Restored
Thou shalt not take the Name of Yahweh thy Elohim in vain; for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless that taketh His Name in vain. Exodus 20:7
PREFACE
Foreword.
The purpose for preserving the Holy Name, including the Hebrew and Aramaic divine titles, into the vernacular of our lost Israelite brothers and sisters should be unmistakable. My people shall know My Name, says Yahweh (Isaiah 52:6), and yet we have been deafened to it for millennia. While the Name is used with respect to the relationship between Yahweh and the Holy People, the various forms and titles thereof each communicate different meaning. It is this covenantal Identity with Yahweh as His People, the subtle poetic or otherwise meaningful usage of divine title, and the restoration of Yahweh’s commanding Word that compel us to such a Biblical endeavor.
While there have been previously established sacred or restored Name versions of the English Bible, this Archivist found it necessary to present a more accurate and thorough model with as little divergence from the text of the King James translation as conscience would allow. Other existing attempts have been found to be littered with signs of shallow research and mechanical error, most grievous as misrepresenting Adonai for Yahweh and Yahweh for Adon! Whereas past efforts have been to translate some of the recurring titles for deity, this work has sought to transliterate without prejudice, including those of the Aramaic tongue. May the Student find the following a source of truth and a foundation for further correction of what is an otherwise lacking English translation of a corrupted Hebrew Bible.
Transliteration Notes.
The following is a list of the transliterations performed in this restoration, including particular attention to the deserving examples. Simply, any Biblical text herein that has been kept black represents the original text of the King James translation, 1769 edition, whereas any text that is rendered in blue indicates an instance of transliteration.
YAHWEH (YHVH, without its assumed vowel points) Strong’s lexical number: 3068/3069 Formerly rendered: “the LORD” “GOD (when coupled with Adonai)” and 4 times as “JEHOVAH”
Determined to having been present at least the 6961 transliterated times in the primitive (pre-Masoretic) texts of the Hebrew Bible, the Holy Name of Yahweh (a shortened form of Yahuveh, or perhaps Yahuvah) is so rendered here, like the divine titles, after its more popular modern anglicized form. It is herein represented another 16 times in the italic (assumed in the English translation for clarity’s sake) designations of the King James edition of 1769 – including the two completely unnecessary instances of rendering of the LORD in Leviticus 24:11,16, in keeping with the translators’ decision.
This restoration makes no distinction between Dr. Strong’s lexical entry 3068 (where the Jews pointed the Holy Name as Yehovah, after the vowels of Adonai) and the less frequent occurrences of 3069 (where it was pointed Yehovih, after the vowels of Elohim, when usually coupled after the appellation Adonai – see next), as this difference amounts to nothing more than tittle-fiddling on account of the Scribes’ efforts to pervert the pronunciation of Yahweh’s Name. Consequently, there are many varying opinions for how one accurately pronounces (vowel-points) the Name.
The Jewish Soferim had also made significant textual effort to entirely usurp the Holy Name with that title, Adonai. Simply, every occurrence of Adonai within the Masoretic Text which stands alone (apart from Yahweh) should read Yahweh, the sole exception to this being Psalm 35:23 where the text reads: my Elohim & Adonai (my God and my Lord) – perhaps the earliest usage of the plural possessive Adonai. This corruption was attempted 134 times; the precise listing is given here:
Genesis 18:3,27,30,31,32; 19:18; 20:4. Exodus 4:10,13; 5:22; 15:17; 34:9,9. Numbers 14:17. Joshua 7:8. Judges 6:15; 13:8. 1 Kings 3:10,15; 22:6. 2 Kings 7:6; 19:23. Ezra 10:3. Nehemiah 1:11; 4:14. Job 28:28. Psalms 2:4; 16:2; 22:19,30; 30:8; 35:17,22; 37:13; 38:9,15,22; 39:7; 40:17; 44:23; 51:15; 54:4; 55:9; 57:9; 59:11; 62:12; 66:18; 68:11,17,19,22,26,32; 73:20; 77:2,7; 78:65; 79:12; 86:3,4,5,8,9,12,15; 89:49,50; 90:1,17; 110:5; 130:2,3,6. Isaiah 3:17,18; 4:4; 6:1,8,11; 7:14,20; 8:7; 9:8,17; 10:12; 11:11; 21:6,8,16; 28:2; 29:13; 30:20; 37:24; 38:14,16; 49:14. Lamentations 1:14,15,15; 2:1,2,5,7,18,19,20; 3:31,36,37,58. Ezekiel 18:25,29; 21:9; 33:17,20. Daniel 1:2; 9:3,4,7,9,15,16,17,19,19,19. Amos 5:16; 7:7,8; 9:1. Zechariah 9:4. Micah 1:2. Malachi 1:12,14.
While this list is constructed from a variety of extant Masoretic marginal notes which do not all line up (in 2 Samuel 7:22, the text body of the Aleppo and Westminster manuscripts don’t even agree, reading Yahweh Elohim and Adonai Yahweh respectively), the pattern of the corruption (Adonai appearing by itself in the text) becomes apparent. The Scribes also admitted among their various notes to blotting out the Holy Name in at least the 3 instances where it is read Elohim in Psalm 14:1,2,5. They have thus been restored herein to Yahweh along with the 134 aforementioned.
The instances where the King James translators made emphasis on the Name with all CAPITAL letters, such as THE LORD and the poor transliteration of JEHOVAH where it was found to be necessary, have been preserved in form herein as YAHWEH at Exodus 6:3; 28:36; 39:30; Deuteronomy 28:58; Psalm 83:18; Isaiah 12:2; 26:4; Jeremiah 23:6; Zechariah 14:20.
The vast majority of times where the King James translators incorrectly rendered Yahweh the LORD, the Name was restored herein without the English article the in keeping with the Hebrew syntax. While there are many instances where the Hebrew particle eth is used of the Name Yahweh (Genesis 4:1; Exodus 5:2; Numbers 11:20; Deuteronomy 4:29; and frequently), instances an article is carried over into English with Yahweh herein are: the good Yahweh (2 Chronicles 30:19), the righteous Yahweh (Psalm 11:7), the glorious Yahweh (Isaiah 33:22), and the just Yahweh (Zephaniah 3:5).
The typical English Bible’s designation for Yahweh: the LORD, should not be confused with the so-called Greek New Testament’s Lord Jesus (Kurios Iesous). Christian expressions such as the Lord’s Prayer and the Lord’s Day (Sunday) are not a reference to Yahweh (i.e. the Father). This restoration strictly involves the Hebrew and Aramaic portions of surviving pre-John the Baptist canonical scripture. While past efforts have been to insert the Hebrew Name and titles into English translations of the New Testament, the extant and original languages should be respected whether they are Aramaic or Greek. Even such references to Yahweh as the Christian Iesous quoting Deuteronomy 8:3 to the devil:
“And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every [word] that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.” –Deuteronomy 8:3, KJV, 1769
“But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” –Matthew 4:4, KJV, 1769
“And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.” –Luke 4:4, KJV, 1769
…should be transliterated as Theos (the word translated God from the original Koine Greek of Luke), or, at best, the surviving equivalent of Matthew’s Syriac/Peshitta Aramaic. The same rule applies to the name Iesous – it should not be transliterated as though it were from Hebrew or Aramaic as Yahshua (Joshua) or Yeshu(a) when existing in a Greek text as Iesous (Jesus). Similarly, past efforts have been to carelessly insert the Hebrew equivalents of the divine titles into the Aramaic portions of the so-called Old Testament (such as Elohim or Eloah for Elah, see the items listed below), so it should be emphasized that Hebrew portions should be transliterated from Hebrew, Aramaic from Aramaic, Greek from Greek. Similarly, Christian liturgy of various languages involving the benediction: may the Lord bless you and keep you… almost amounts to mockery considering the blessing reads:
“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.” –Numbers 6:22-27, KJV, 1769
Clearly, the blessing of the children of Israel, should involve the Name of Yahweh; without the Name, it is no blessing at all!
Let it be understood that while the title lord may be somewhat of an accurate translation of the Hebrew title Adonai (and even more so of Adon, see ADON YAHWEH below), it has gone further than even the Jewish Scribes did to mask the Holy Name of Yahweh from our People. Furthermore, the English reader cannot trust the commonly used text of King James 1769 when it comes to the designation the LORD (small capitals –ORD), since it is not uniformly used for Yahweh, as such publications as Adon in Zechariah 4:14 often testify. Likewise, the English reader cannot possibly discern whether the designation the Lord (lower-case –ord) refers to Adonai, Adon, Yahweh, or various others, in such heinous Scribal pollutions and subsequent English mistranslations as Ezra 10:3:
“Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.” –KJV, 1769
Even the modern translations fail to render in their designated ways that the agreement to divorce the strange (foreign) wives and their bastard (Hebrew: mamzer, Strong’s lexical number 4464) children according to the Law, was likewise according to the counsel of Yahweh – not: my lord (lower-case translation of Adonai)! Note that of all the places Adonai (being a corruption for Yahweh) was translated into English, only here and Isaiah 21:8 did the translators fail to do so with at least an upper-case Lord. This divorce scene’s synoptic version found in Nehemiah should also be considered where we read:
“On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing. Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.” –Nehemiah 13:1-3, KJV, 1769
Just as the post-John the Baptist scripture of our example in Luke 4:4 & Matthew 4:4 quotes the earlier portions of the Hebrew Bible in Deuteronomy 8:3 referencing Yahweh as Theos, this earlier post-exilic scripture of Nehemiah quotes the specific racial instruction (Torah) found at Deuteronomy 23:2-6, mentioning Yahweh thy Elohim (the LORD thy God, see YAHWEH ELOHIM below) as simply our Elohim and referencing the congregation of Yahweh instead as the congregation of Elohim:
“A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD. An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever: Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee. Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.” –KJV, 1769
Aside from being replaced or coupled with Adonai, the Holy Name is also associated with a number of ancient Hebrew or otherwise Semitic names and expressions used as titles and designations, some recurring 100s of times:
ADONAI YAHWEH Strong’s lexical number: 136 Formerly rendered: “the Lord” and once as “God (Habakkuk 3:19)”
Occurs 306 times (300 times directly before Yahweh, 5 times after Yahweh:)
The 300 instances of Adonai Yahweh are rendered the Lord GOD, “GOD” being typically the translation of Strong’s lexical entry 3069, where the Jews pointed the Holy Name with the vowels of Elohim (see YAHWEH ELOHIM below). The 5 instances of Yahweh Adonai are Psalm 68:20; 109:21; 140:7; 141:8, rendered GOD the Lord, and Habakkuk 3:19, rendered the LORD God.
(…and the one time Adonai is associated with Elohim – Psalm 35:23).
Adonai has been confused with the plural form of Adon (see next), and, as it is considered plural possessive, has been oftentimes translated my Lord in English versions where the primitive texts had read Yahweh. These issues have all been rectified with the restoration of the 134 Scribal corruptions, as the Biblical text herein never reads my Yahweh. Such a reading would be redundant since Yahweh is the national God of Israel, i.e. Yahweh our Elohim.
ADON YAHWEH (ADONIM, plural) Strong’s lexical number: 113 Formerly rendered: “L/lord(s)” “master(s)” “owner” “sir”
Occurs 334 times (28 times used of Yahweh:)
Adon Yahweh appears 7 times; Yahweh Adonim appears 3 times; Yahweh Adon of the whole earth appears once in Joshua 3:13; thy Adonim Yahweh appears once in Isaiah 51:22 which should be noted is with the 2nd person feminine suffix – Yahweh acting as the husband of Israel. Note its formerly redundant translation:
“Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God [that] pleadeth the cause of his people…” KJV, 1769
This relationship of a marital covenant between Yahweh and His People is in a similar sense to how Yahweh says in Hosea 2:16, thou shalt call me Ishi (my man/husband), and shalt call me no more Baali (my lord/master). We should not to be calling Yahweh, LORD, in such senses reminiscent of heathen deities.
Adonim of adonim appears 2 times (Deuteronomy 10:17; Psalm 136:3); Adon of the whole earth appears 5 times apart from Yahweh (Joshua 3:11; Psalm 97:5; Micah 4:13; Zechariah 4:14; 6:5).
Adon and its plural form Adonim appear 9 other times variously in reference to the Divine Role, and special attention should be placed upon Psalm 110:1 & Malachi 3:1:
“{A Psalm of David} The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.” –KJV, 1769
“Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.” –KJV, 1769
In the first reference, David the King of all Israel writes, Yahweh said unto my Adon, and it should be noted that there could be no earthly Adon greater than the King of all Israel. The Psalm goes on to say of this Adon in verse 5: Yahweh at thy right hand… which happens to be one of the places where the wicked Jews (of whom the King James translators warned in their Preface Letter to the Readers of 1611) supplanted the Name of Yahweh with Adonai. The second reference begins the last chapter of the Prophets section (Nevi’im) of the Jews’ Tanak. Therein, Yahweh Sabaoth (of hosts, see below), promises to send His messenger and that the Adon, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come. These Messianic references become much more evident in a restored names text such as herein.
(…and 306 times used of other persons beside Yahweh – 2 of which are angels:)
These are the instances which have been translated in the various ways: “lord(s),” “master(s),” “owner”, and “sir.” In Judges 6:13 the angel of Yahweh is addressed as my adon, and in Daniel 12:8 the man clothed in linen is likewise addressed. While in the King James edition of 1769 these two instances are rendered with a capital Lord, they are rendered herein with a lower-case adon, in keeping with the consistency of capitalized titles being used solely of Yahweh.
Finally, let it be noted that all such instances of capitalizing Adon and Adonim were found to be without need of the English article the (such as the compound titles Adon of the whole earth and Adonim of adonim) except for the 2 instances of Malachi 3:1 and Psalm 114:7, where it was necessary for the English reading.
YAHWEH ELOHIM Strong’s lexical number: 430 Formerly rendered: “G/god(s)” “God-ward” “goddess” “judge(s)” “angels”
Occurs 2599 times (221 times after Yahweh and once before Yahweh:)
“And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, [that is], to Kirjathjearim, which [belonged] to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth [between] the cherubims, whose name is called [on it].” –1 Chronicles 13:6, KJV, 1769
It should be noted that what above is translated God the LORD is the unique instance of Elohim placed immediately before Yahweh, and it appears in a portion of scripture that has been called into question on account of Jewish Scribes likely replacing Yahweh with the plural Elohim, just as they had done with Adonai. Compare 2 Samuel 5:19-25; 6:9-17; 1 Chronicles 13:6,12; 14:10; 16:1.
(…296 times as Yahweh thy Elohim – once thereof in all CAPITALS, 145 times as Yahweh your Elohim, 98 times as Yahweh our Elohim, 39 times as Yahweh their Elohim, 38 times as Yahweh my Elohim, 1503 times often referring, though not directly, to Yahweh:)
For example, in Genesis 1:1-2:3 we read: Elohim created the heaven and the earth along with all the host of them in six days and that, He rested on the seventh day, however we discover in Genesis 2:4 that Yahweh Elohim made the earth and the heavens. Furthermore, we are commanded in Exodus 20:9-11 to keep the Sabbath of Yahweh, for [in] six days Yahweh made heaven and earth…and rested the seventh day. While Elohim is fundamentally a plural noun, it was used of our Ancestors for Yahweh (much like the Scribes began masking Yahweh for the plural forms Adonai & Elohim), and while we find instances of Elohim saying: let us, like one of us, etc (Genesis 1:26; 3:22; 11:7), it becomes apparent from Isaiah 6:8 that Yahweh is doing and speaking on behalf of a heavenly host: I heard the voice of Yahweh, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?
(…244 times used in reference to foreign god(s) or, for other reasons, left lower-case, 8 times translated judge(s), angels or goddess:)
Two examples of where Elohim is not used of Yahweh, but likewise not of strange god(s) are Psalm 8:5 & 82:6:
“For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.” –KJV, 1769
“I have said, Ye [are] gods; and all of you [are] children of the most High.” –KJV, 1769
In the first example, Elohim is translated the angels (following after Septuagint renderings) since it is being used in contrast to Yahweh who made the son of Adam (ruddy appearing man, Strong’s lexical number 120)…a little lower than the elohim. It has thus been restored to lower-case elohim herein. In the second example, the children of Elyon (the most High, see YAHWEH ELYON below) are called elohim by Yahweh. It had therefore been rendered gods in the King James translation, but is restored to lower-case elohim herein. This second example of elohim is used in a similar sense to the 5 instances of elohim translated judge(s) elsewhere – men acting as elohim in the role of judge (Exodus 21:6; 22:8,9,9; 1 Samuel 2:25).
Where Ashtoreth (the pagan deity Ishtar, as in Easter) is called goddesss of the Zidonians (1 Kings 11:5,33), herein it has been restored to lower-case elohim like the other false gods in context, just as the plural and singular renderings of the false god(s) have all been restored to lower-case elohim. Such differences in sex and plural construct & absolute of an already plural noun may be individually discerned from the Hebrew texts in context. However, for the record, the only place where the King James translators chose to capitalize the plural designation Gods is 1 Samuel 4:8, where it was done 2 times, and of the 252 times elohim is herein rendered lower-case, it had been translated gods 214 times, god 30 times, goddess 2 times, judge once, judges 4 times, and angels once. The 30 instances where elohim was translated singular, lower-case god are listed here:
Exodus 7:1; 22:20. Deuteronomy 32:39. Judges 6:31; 8:33; 9:27; 11:24; 16:23,23,24,24. 1 Samuel 5:7. 1 Kings 11:33,33; 18:27. 2 Kings 1:2,3,6,16; 19:37. 2 Chronicles 32:21. Isaiah 37:38. Daniel 1:2,2. Hosea 13:4. Amos 2:8; 5:26; 8:14. Jonah 1:5. Micah 4:5.
(…and 6 times used as an adjective and thus not transliterated herein:)
Genesis 30:10; 1 Samuel 14:15 as “great”; Genesis 23:6; Exodus 9:28 as “mighty”; Jonah 3:3 as “exceeding”; Malachi 2:15 as “godly”.
Finally, E/elohim is represented another 17 times in the italic designations of the King James edition of 1769 –16 times by itself and once as Yahweh thy Elohim. There were also 14 instances of necessary article change where a G/god became an E/elohim.
YAHWEH SABAOTH Strong’s lexical number: 6635 Formerly rendered: “of hosts” where directly associated with Yahweh & Elohim
Occurs 284 times where associated with Yahweh & Elohim (260 times as Yahweh Sabaoth and 24 times as Elohim Sabaoth).
In the numerous times where not directly associated with Yahweh or Elohim, sabaoth (which is also fundamentally plural) has been left to its original King James translation renderings of: “host” “war” “army” “battle” “service” “warfare” “soldiers” “company” etc.
Sabaoth has also herein been represented once in the italic designations of the King James edition of 1769 where the Masoretic Text identifies it as a qere rather than a kethib reading (2 Kings 19:31).
YAHWEH EL (ELIM, plural) Strong’s lexical number: 410 Formerly rendered: “G/god(s)” “(ye/the) mighty” “idols”
Occurs 239 times (218 times used in reference to Yahweh:)
Yahweh El appears 6 times, El Yahweh appears 2 times, El Elohim [even] Yahweh appears once at Psalm 50:1, El of elim (God of gods) appears once at Daniel 11:36, and 229 other times are directly or otherwise referring to Yahweh. Also, not listed here, are the many and varying instances where El is translated as part of a theophoric name or place, such as Beth-El or DaniEl. Bethel was sometimes translated outright as house of God (Judges 20:18, 26, 31; 21:2), and thus is numbered among the above listings for El, rendered herein as house of El.
It should be noted here that the one instance of El rendered the mighty (lower-case) in the King James translation, while still being a reference to Yahweh, has been restored herein to upper-case El at Psalm 50:1. Also, consider the King James translation of the Messianic reference: Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God (El Gibbor, Strong’s lexical number 1368), The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace at Isaiah 9:6.
(…and 21 times used of other persons or false god(s) – 6 of which are referenced in the plural form elim (not to be confused with the place Elim). Unlike Elohim, the plural of El is always rendered in lower-case, as it never references Yahweh:)
The King James rendering idols was restored to elim at Isaiah 57:5. Similarly, Psalm 89:6 which had read, sons of the mighty, has herein been restored to sons of the elim, keeping the English article the for the sake of emphasizing the plurality of the title’s reference. The other 3 instances of lower-case el and elim being restored from their translations of “ye/the mighty” are: Give unto the LORD O ye mighty… (ye elim, Psalm 29:1), God standeth in the congregation of the mighty… (congregation of el, Psalm 82:1), and when he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid… (the elim, Job 41:25, though some sources suggest this is a form of ayil, Strong’s lexical number 352).
The instances at Ezekiel 31:11 & 32:21 were of particular difficulty in transliterating. Some sources suggest the former verse has a form of el present where translated, the mighty one of the heathen, but the various extant Hebrew manuscripts all appear to have ayil. The latter verse has a form of el with the letter yod yet without the mem, perhaps suggestive of the meaning: the strongest, thus it has been herein left to its original King James rendering of: the strong.
Finally, it has also been left to its original rendering the 7 times where the King James translation clearly referenced inanimate ideas: power (Genesis 31:29; Nehemiah 5:5; Proverbs 3:27; Micah 2:1), might (Deuteronomy 23:32), great (Psalm 36:6), and goodly (Psalm 80:10). There were also 14 instances of necessary article change where a G/god became an E/el.
EL SHADDAI Strong’s lexical number: 7706 Formerly rendered: “(the) Almighty”
Occurs 48 times, always of Yahweh – 7 times of which are coupled with El as El Shaddai. Of particular interest is Exodus 6:3 which reads:
“And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by [the name of] God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.” –KJV, 1769
Here, Yahweh says He appeared to our Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as El Shaddai but was not known to them by His Name, Yahweh.
YAHWEH ELYON Strong’s lexical number: 5945/5946{in Aramaic} Formerly rendered: “(the) most high” “(the) high” “the H/highest”
Occurs 35 times in reference to Yahweh (2 times as Yahweh Elyon (Psalm 7:17; 47:2), 2 times as Elohim Elyon (Psalm 57:2; 78:56), 5 times coupled with El as El Elyon – once of which being Yahweh, El Elyon (Genesis 14:22), and 26 times standing alone for Yahweh – 2 of which being rendered, Yahweh [art] Elyon:)
Uniquely, one such time where Elyon stands alone for Yahweh was formerly translated lower-case as highest at Psalm 87:5 and has herein been restored to upper-case Elyon.
It is worthy of mentioning that the first occurrence of Elyon identifies Melchizedek, the King of Salem, as the Priest of El Elyon (Genesis 14:18). The word elyon is used as an adjective, thus it always appears after the noun, when present.
Also, the 4 times where Elyon carries over into the Aramaic portions of scripture (and therefore given the lexical number 5946) are: Daniel 7:18,22,25,27. Interestingly, all four times are styled: the saints (separated-ones) of Elyon, implying segregation from the Babylonian system.
It occurs 22 other times where not used of Yahweh or as an adjective and therefore left to its original renderings of highest (once), high (8 times), higher (4 times), upper (8 times), and uppermost (once).
YAHWEH MEKADDISHKEM Strong’s lexical number: 6942 Formerly rendered: “which sanctify/hallow you/them”
Occurs 8 times coupled with Yahweh (4 times in the 2nd person plural – “you,” Exodus 31:13; Leviticus 20:8; 21:8; 22:32, and 4 times in the 3rd person plural – “them,” Leviticus 21:23; 22:9,16; Ezekiel 20:12.)
It is important to note that the 2nd and 3rd person information is lost in the fundamental transliteration of Mekaddishkem (the most grammatically complex of the transliterated titles herein), creating, in some cases, a rough literal translation, but such a title for Yahweh ought to be set apart in the English text, since its meaning is: Yahweh which sets-apart Israel (or separates from the other nations, thereby making the People holy or saints). Instances of Mekaddishkem tend to be left unmentioned in other compiled lists.
YAHWEH ZIDKENU Strong’s lexical number: 3072 (or 3068-6664) Formerly rendered: “the LORD our righteousness”
Occurs 2 times (Jeremiah 23:6; 33:16 – 23:6 being in all CAPITALS).
YAHWEH YIREH Strong’s lexical number: 3070 Formerly rendered: “Jehovahjireh”
Occurs once: Genesis 22:14.
YAHWEH NISSI Strong’s lexical number: 3071 Formerly rendered: “Jehovahnissi”
Occurs once: Exodus 17:15.
YAHWEH ROEH Strong’s lexical number: 3068-7462 Formerly rendered: “the LORD [is] my shepherd.”
Occurs once: Psalm 23:1.
YAHWEH ROPHEKA Strong’s lexical number: 3068-7495 Formerly rendered: “the LORD that healeth thee”
Occurs once: Exodus 15:26.
YAHWEH SHALOM Strong’s lexical number: 3073 Formerly rendered: “Jehovahshalom”
Occurs once: Judges 6:24.
YAHWEH SHAMMAH Strong’s lexical number: 3074 (or 3068-8033) Formerly rendered: “the LORD [is] there”
Occurs once: Ezekiel 48:35 (the Prophetic Book’s last words).
YAH Strong’s lexical number: 3050 Formerly rendered: “(the) LORD” and once as “JAH (Psalm 68:4)”
Occurs 49 times, always of Yahweh (22 times as Praise ye Yah, 5 times as Praise Yah:)
These are the translations of the commonly known and expressed HalleluYah (Hallelujah) and its Greek form, Alleluia.
(…2 times as Yah YAHWEH in Isaiah 12:2; 26:4 – both of which are thus emphasized with CAPITALS in the King James translators’ attempt of the LORD JEHOVAH to not be redundant in their bogus usage of the title the LORD for both Yah and Yahweh, once as Yah Elohim, and 19 times by itself).
Also, not numbered here are the many and varying ways that Yah is part of a theophoric name or place (and therefore, another word altogether), such as EliYah/EliYahu (Elijah).
ELOAH Strong’s lexical number: 433 Formerly rendered: “G/god”
Occurs 57 times – 52 of which refer to Yahweh. The other 5 occurrences reference some foreign god. This is the emphatically singular form of Elohim, yet Elohim was mostly used in the same way as Eloah in referencing Yahweh among our monotheistic Ancestors.
There were also 3 instances of necessary article change where a G/god became an E/eloah.
ELAH (ELAHIN, plural) Strong’s lexical number: 426{Aramaic} Formerly rendered: “G/god(s)”
Occurs 95 times within the Aramaic portions of pre-John the Baptist scripture, (79 times used of Yahweh; 14 times used of foreign gods; and 2 times used of some foreign god:)
In Daniel 2:27, both singular and plural forms appear as, your Elah [is] an Elah of elahin… In Daniel 3:14, Nebuchadnezzar is also recorded as saying, do not ye serve my elahin, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? Interestingly, Elah (not to be confused with the person, Elah) is the Aramaic equivalent of the Arabic Allah.
Since a sizable section of the post-exilic or otherwise pre-John the Baptist Aramaic scripture (Ezra 4:6-6:18; 7:12-26; Daniel 2:4-7:28; and one sentence in Jeremiah 10:11) is written amidst heathens, their plural designation, elahin, is used exclusively of foreign deities, unlike the plural construct Hebrew usage of Elohim. For this reason, to emphasize its plurality, the English article the is always retained before such instances of elahin, and, therefore, special attention must be given to Daniel 3:25:
“He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.” –KJV, 1769
This is particularly problematic since the King James translators here chose to present Nebuchadnezzar’s exclamation as a Messianic reference (using the English article the and capitalizing Son). Furthermore, they translated, in only this one particular instance, the plural Aramaic elahin as God (singular and capitalized)! The Aramaic text here reads: the form of the fourth is like a son of the elahin (bar elahin). Nebuchadnezzar was remarking that the fourth man appeared to be an angel (referenced as bar elahin – son of the gods, akin to the Hebrew, bene elohim – sons of God, note Daniel 3:28). Nevertheless, in the spirit of keeping with the King James rendering as much as conscience will allow, the expression has been rendered: the Son of elahin.
Thus, only the blue Biblical text in every instance herein, consistently represents places of divergence from the King James Edition of 1769, except for the 2 necessary instances of article change where a God became an Elah, along with the 31 previously mentioned article changes. Note that the exactly 150 instances of a possessive Holy Name or divine title have all been likewise formatted with their possessive marks (–’s).
ILLAY Strong’s lexical number: 5943{Aramaic} Formerly rendered: “((the) most) H/high”
Occurs 10 times, always of Yahweh – 4 of which are coupled with the Aramaic Elah as Elah Illay (the rough Aramaic equivalent of El Elyon). Note this reference from the aforementioned scene in Daniel 3:26 which reads, Nebuchadnezzar…spake, and said, ‘Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of Elah Illay…’
Also note that Illay along with Elyon (which was carried over into Aramaic portions of scripture 4 times, see YAHWEH ELYON above) coexist in chapter 7 of Daniel. The one instance where they both appear in the same verse had read:
And he shall speak [great] words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. –Daniel 7:25, KJV, 1769
The redundant rendering of the King James translation is herein restored where we read of that king of the apocalyptic fourth beast which shall speak against Illay (#5943), and shall wear out the saints of Elyon (#5946).
Further Notes.
When the typical English renderings for deity were found within the italic text (assumed into the English translation for the sake of clarity, sometimes rendered in [brackets]) they were restored accordingly. When the mention was clearly that of Yahweh, it was rendered thus; when the titles were unclear, E/elohim was used.
An example of this restoration would be Hosea 1:4-9, where the King James translation reads two times: God, instead of the typical: the LORD, yet the Speaker in context is clearly Yahweh:
“Then said [God], Call his name Loammi: for ye [are] not my people, and I will not be your [God].” –Hosea 1:9, KJV, 1769
This herein became: then said [Yahweh], Call his name Loammi: for ye [are] not my people, and I will not be your [Elohim].
Any other instances of “God” are generally due to the 3 poorly used English expressions, Would (to) God (that)…, God forbid…, and God save the king! Two times (Isaiah 44:8 & Habakkuk 1:12), a Hebrew word for rock (sur, Strong’s lexical number 6697) is translated God and has been thus retained in keeping with the King James rendition. Sur also appears with olam (Strong’s lexical number 5769) as sur olam, translated everlasting strength at Isaiah 26:4. Olam is also coupled with El as El Olam at the unique occurrence of Genesis 21:33, but due to not being a recurring title and being only an adjectival designation (such as Elyon), it has been retained herein as: the everlasting El.
Further instances of “L/lord(s)” may be translations of a number of different words, including the Aramaic, mare (Strong’s lexical number 4755) and are infrequently used – even less so of deity. Similarly, the three times the compound Aramaic title, Ancient of days (atik yomin, Strong’s lexical number 6268-3118) is used in Daniel 7 (verses 9,13,22) have been left to their original translations by reason of their complex nature and infrequent usage in canonical scripture.
Finally, it should be pointed out that not one occurrence of the Holy Name of Yahweh or any of the titles for deity discussed in these notes will be found in the historically inaccurate text of Esther, nor in the Song of Songs. They has thus been completely unaltered (left entirely in the original black text of the 1769 edition of the King James translation) because they never once reference Yahweh. Esther (as in Ishtar and Easter) was never found in the Dead Sea Scrolls corpus and strictly represents the tradition of the wicked Jews, directly contradicting the Prophecy of Daniel (which they don’t even recognize among their Prophetic texts, merely cataloging it among the Ketuvim, or writings) and establishing the un-Lawful and entirely Jewish Anti-Christ festival of Purim.
Quick Reference.
Adonai – the emphatic form of Adon, meaning my Lord, always of Yahweh Adon/Adonim – lord/husband occasionally used of Yahweh, also of foreign gods Elah/elahin – the Aramaic form of Eloah, and its absolute plural form Eloah – a reference to God or a god in the singular emphatic form of El Elohim – the plural form of Eloah, usually a reference to Yahweh El/elim – the fundamental word for God, used in many names and its plural form Elyon/Illay – the designation most high in Hebrew and its Aramaic equivalent Sabaoth – the designation of hosts/armies, often used with Yahweh, also with Elohim Shaddai – widely translated as the designation Almighty Yahweh – the Name of the one and true Deity – the God of Israel Yahweh Mekaddishkem – the name-title Yahweh that Separates You/Them Yahweh Nissi – the name-title Yahweh my Banner Yahweh Roeh – the name-title Yahweh my Shepherd Yahweh Ropheka – the name-title Yahweh that Healeth Thee Yahweh Shalom – the name-title Yahweh [is] Peace Yahweh Shammah – the name-title Yahweh [is] There Yahweh Yireh – the name-title Yahweh Provideth Yahweh Zidkenu – the name-title Yahweh our Righteousness Yah – the poetic/shortened form of Yahweh, found in many names like EliYah (Elijah)
Yahweh bless thee, and keep thee: Yahweh make His face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: Yahweh lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
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