Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Ken Smith" <kens AT 180solutions.com>]

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Thanks for the response.  I hadn't been aware of the distinction between writings that were intended to last, and writings that weren't.

 

But I guess I'm still curious.  The "name" of God isn't "God", nor is it "Elohim".  According to various passages in Exodus, it's the Tetragrammaton, right, i.e., YHWH?  I'm familiar with, and at one level or another can understand, the care about YHWH, but I wasn't aware that the same care was taken with )LHYM.  (Or is it?) If not, why is it taken with the English "God"?

 

Sorry, hope I'm not being excessively dense here.

 

Ken Smith

-----Original Message-----
From: MGSKamerun AT aol.com [mailto:MGSKamerun AT aol.com]
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 1:10 PM
To: Biblical Hebrew
Subject: Re: Curious abut "G-d"

Hi,
I think they don't want to write the name of God on a paper (or in a mail) because they know that the concerned script is not meant to last forever. In other terms: If you know that you will delete your E-Mail or throw away your paper you come in conflict with the one of the ten commandments not to use the name of God in vain. There is a tradition not to throw away or burn used Tora scrolls but to bury them like a mortal remain because the name of God is written on it.
There is also the tradition to write elokim instead of the name of God, or two jod for the Tetragrammaton.
Yours sincerely
Martin Schroeder

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