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KJV and the Personal Name of God

Hebrew Alphabet is completely different then the Roman to English Alphabet. The letters may not be exactly the same, but the meaning is the same only spelled differently.

This is taken from Judaism 101 at www.jewfaq.org/alephbet.htm

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Transliteration

The process of writing Hebrew words in the Roman (English) alphabet is known as transliteration. Transliteration is more an art than a science, and opinions on the correct way to transliterate words vary widely. This is why the Jewish festival of lights (in Hebrew, Cheit-Nun-Kaf-Hei) is spelled Chanukah, Chanukkah, Hanuka, and many other interesting ways. Each spelling has a legitimate phonetic and orthographic basis; none is right or wrong.

• Hebrew uses a different alphabet than English
• Hebrew is written right-to-left
• The Hebrew alphabet has no vowels, but pronunciation aids are often added to English Alphabet
• There are several styles of Hebrew writing
• Hebrew letters have numerical values
• Writing in Hebrew may require a special word processor and fonts

Strong's Exhausted Concordance defines Jehovah as (yeh-ho-vaw) self existent or Eternal, Jewish national name of God - Jehovah the Lord

Strong's is out dated and wrong because of the reasons I described in the earlier post.
 
Strong's is out dated and wrong because of the reasons I described in the earlier post.

I've noticed somethings with Strong's that can be difficult. For instances if you look a scripture in a transliteration and it say ha elohim, in Strong's it will just give elohim. Sometimes it's important to know if the ha is there in the Hebrew or not. It can change the meaning.
So to just use Strong's can be incomplete info.
 
Strong's is out dated and wrong because of the reasons I described in the earlier post.
Strongs is a tool and is very bias. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad tool. Actually, if we understand what Strongs is for, it can be used very effectively. However, when taken outside of it's intended purpose, it's grossly misunderstood.
 
I think the bigger problem here is that from the original Hebrew being translated into the Greek right up to our modern day English has many variances of spelling, especially from all the different countries it has been transcribed in. They say English is the hardest language to learn as many of our words carry many different meanings. To me it truly doesn't matter what your choice of study tools are or the Bible you prefer as the most important thing is to pray and ask the Holy Spirit teach you for all understanding and knowledge. John 14:26
 
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