05/12/2025
er of the book of Proverbs asks a series of profound questions to the reader. These are
rhetorical questions that a wise person who has studied the Bible should be able to answer
without hesitation. Are you knowledgeable enough to forthrightly give the correct answer?
What is His Name? The average person would say the answer is “the Lord” or “God.” However,
a close examination of the Hebrew texts reveals that these are not the right answers. The word
“Lord” is not a name. It is a title that has been substituted by Bible translators for the actual name
of the Heavenly Father. In fact, it is an inferior title to King or Ruler. The word “God” also is not a
name. It is a generic term used for the Almighty and is a substitute for the Hebrew term “Elohim.”
Since the translators have for the most part removed His Name, we must dig deeper to learn the
answer to this important question.
Back to the Originals
All true translations of the Old Testament are based upon the Hebrew texts of the sacred
Scriptures known as the Masoretic Text. This text is based upon ancient texts that were
preserved and maintained by a group of Jewish scribes known as the Masoretes. The Masoretes
sought to meticulously protect the exact text handed down to them so as to maintain its purity for
future generations. This important work began after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in
70 CE (AD) and has remained up until today. Their work is the base text of the majority of Old
Testament translations.
Knowing this, we need only look in the Hebrew text to learn how to answer the question. We
learn that over 7,000 times the one true Name of the Heavenly Father is used. That name is
Yahweh. This truth can be verified by checking various dictionaries and encyclopedias. Here are
several examples.
“Funk & Wagnall Standard Desk Dictionary” lists under Yahweh—“In the Old Testament, the
national [deity] of Israel.”
“The New Unger’s Bible Dictionary” states, “YAHWEH (ya'way). The Heb. tetragrammaton
(YHWH)...YAHWEH is now known to be correctly vocalized yahwe...The name Yahweh has been
found to be unique to Israel and has not been verified as the name of any deity outside Israel.”
“The Encyclopedia of the Jewish Religion” gives the following information. “Yahweh: According
to scholarly opinion, the original pronunciation of the TETRAGRAMMATON (YHWH), the
particular name of the [Deity] of Israel (also called the Shem ha-Mephorash—“the explicit
Name”)...”
Here are but three witnesses among countless others that verify Yahweh as being the true Name
of the Heavenly Father as given in the Old Testament Scriptures. The Name of Yahweh was so
highly revered by the early translators of the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Hebrew text
done in the third century BCE) that they preserved it in the Greek tex