Short study notes on
The name "Joshua,"
and the Name of the Father and the Son.


Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son's name, if you know? Prov 30:4 (NKJ)

A study of the name Joshua, will actually reveal the true name of HaMashiyach (the Messiah) and that is the dual purpose of this short study. By researching the Hebrew scriptures, we will discover the truth, a truth that has been hidden under a layer of lies. 
Why should we expect to find out the truth? For no other reason than it is our Father's will for us to know. So that we will be able to say, along with the prophet YeshaYaHu, that the desire of our soul; is for your name;
 
It is taught today among Jewish and Christian Bible scholars alike, that the Hebrew scribes deliberately hid the correct pronunciation of the sacred name. This was done allegedly for the purpose of preventing the name from being blasphemed. Whenever the four letters of the Creators name, "Yhwh"  did appear in the manuscripts, the word "LORD" or "Lord God" was inserted and the word "ha shem"  (meaning "the name")  was spoken instead. 
Whatever their intentions were behind not writing or speaking the name, it was (and is to this day) clearly a violation of Yahuah's will, which he expressly stated in Exodus 3:15

".....this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations." Exod 3:15 (KJV)

The Hebrew root word "zakar (zaw-kar')" being translated as "memorial" and meaning (in Hebrew);

"to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention."

So then, it must be spoken (mentioned) in order to be remembered, and it must be written (marked out) in order to be recognized.

"Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered." Luke 11:52 (NKJ)

First I'll present the technical explanation of my word study, and then secondly, the simple version.

In order to begin this study an important point must first be made regarding Hebrew grammar and composition. A combination of two of three letters will form a root word, and the addition of one or several more letters (forming a compound, derivative, or dual word) will retain some (or even much) of the meaning of the original root word. And in many cases, the word will retain part of the actual meaning of the individual letters themselves. This is one of the most remarkable things about the Hebrew language, the very thing which separates it from all other languages, especially in its the archaic form. 

In the following scriptures, YeshaYaHu not only uses the first known name of our Creator (Yaw) but also uses the full name that he revealed to Moses, when he described himself as Yahuah (Yaw-Hu-ah) the self existent one.
 
["Yaw" and "Yhwh" are written next to each other below]






Notice that Yahh (Gesenius/Strong's #3050) is pointed with the vowel "kaw-mates" which gives it the sound "Yaw."


Shown below are the findings of several Bible scholars regarding the three letter version of the Sacred name, Yhh, or Yaw, as it stands alone; and in its relationship to the four letter version of the sacred name given to Moses, "Yhwh."

[Note that the Hebrew letter "Y" is transliterated by scholars into the English letter "J."]

Gesenius' Hebrew - Chaldee Lexicon
Baker Books Publishing




Here, Gesenius recognizes Yhh as an abbreviated form of Yhwh.


The Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon by Davidson
Hendrickson Publishing



Davidson too, recognizes Yhh as an abbreviated form of Yhwh.


A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament by William Holladay
Based upon the Lexical work of Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner
Eerdmans Publishing Co.



Holladay says alternate form. I do not agree.


The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
Hendrickson Publishers




B-D-B lists Yhh as a proper name for the Creator. (n.pr.dei)


Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
Hendrickson Publishers



Strong agrees that Yhh is a contracted version of Yhwh, and means the same.
I do not totally agree with this because Yawhuah reveals an added dimension to Yaw's nature and person, just as the Messiah's name, Yahuahshua, adds another dimension to the person and meaning of Yahuah.

Before we move on from "Yaw" as a root word; below is a few examples of how the root word Yaw appears in the construct of derivative names, always pointed by the kaw-mates ("aw" sound).
[Gesenius/Strong number included]

Yaw at the beginning of a name, forming a compound word that includes the sacred name:

3199 Yakiyn (yaw-keen'); from 3559; (yaw) he will establish; Jakin, the name of three Israelites and of a temple pillar: 

3151 Yaziyz (yaw-zeez'); from the same as 2123; he (Jah) will make prominent; Jaziz, an Israelite: 


Yaw in the middle of a name, forming a compound word that includes the sacred name:

3113 Yowyaqiym (yo-yaw-keem'); a form of 3079; Jojakim, an Israelite: -Joiakim. Compare 3137.


3114 Yowyariyb (yo-yaw-reeb'); a form of 3080; Jojarib, the name of four Israelites: 


Yaw at the end of a name; forming a compound word that includes the sacred name:

3042 Yedayah (yed-aw-yaw'); from 3034 and 3050; praised of Jah; Jedajah, the name of two Israelites: 

3156 Yizrachyah (yiz-rakh-yaw'); from 2224 and 3050; Jah will shine; Jizrachjah, the name of two Israelites: 


Next  we come to the oldest Hebrew proper names, dating back to the reign of David and earlier, whose names end in three of the four letters of the sacred name of our Father, YHWH.

These names end in Yhw (yod hay waw) and are always pointed by the vowels "kaw-mates (aw)" and "shu-rake (oo or u)" as shown below:

Each name incorporates the root name of "Yaw" The h (hay) w ( waw) and u (shurake) make up the pronunciation "hoo (hu)."  "Hoo" is a present consecutive conjugation of the verb "haw-yaw" which means "to exist." In this case, YawHu means, "Yaw, the self existent one." Or simply put, "Yaw (who forever) is." 

Let's look at some of the names ending in YawHu: 

The proper name, AbiYawHoo:

                                            


138 'Adoniyah (ad-o-nee-yaw'); original (prolonged)-

Adoniyahuw (ad-o-nee- yaw'-hoo); from 113 and 3050; lord (i.e. worshipper) of Jah; Adonijah, the name of three Israelites:
(David’s 4rth son of Hebron)


223 'Uwriyah (oo-ree-yaw'); or (prolonged) -

Uwriyahuw (oo-ree-yaw'-hoo); from 217 and 3050; flame of Jah; Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites:
(Bathshebe’s husband)


274 'Achazyah (akh-az-yaw');or (prolonged) '

Achazyahuw (akh-az-yaw'-hoo); from 270 and 3050; Jah has seized; Achazjah, the name of a Jewish and an Israelite king:

(Ahab’s son, King of Israel)


[There are 50 or so of these names listed on this website at the "Names Page 1."]


The most important thing to notice in all of this is that the oldest (archaic) form of the sacred name Yhh, is pointed with the vowel kaw-mates which gives the word an "aw" sound. And the "waw" is pointed with a "shu-rake" which gives it a "u" sound (Yaw-hoo).
So therefore, all names constructed from Yahh (Yaw) and YawHoo must retain their original vowel pointing when indicating the creator's name.
And here is where the deception of the scribes is revealed. They changed the ancient vowel pointing of "aw" and "u"  to e, v, and o; in order to form the name "Yehovah" (as shown below). 



On "Names Page 1," there is an excerpt from Gesenius' Hebrew Lexicon, where he commented that there was a long standing Jewish tradition that the vowel points for the sacred name were replaced with the vowels points from the word "Adonai" (Lord) so the reader would not say the sacred name, but would say instead, Lord. 
However, Gesenius goes on to say that these are not even the vowel points for Adonai! So where did these vowel points come from?
They were invented to conceal the true and ancient  vowel pointing of kaw-mates and shu-rake, to hide the true pronunciation of the Creator's sacred name - Yaw-hu-ah.

[If you haven't already read the page "Yaw and not "Yah," please do so.]

Once Yaw-Hu was replaced by Ye-Ho, so were a large number of other "theophoric" or "god- bearing" names, such as "Joshua" or Yehoshuah" (shown below).


Notice in the Hebrew writing that the Yod-hay-waw of Joshua is pointed with the vowels of "Yehovah," thus making it "Yehoshuah."

           
Y e            H o                                  Sh u                  Ah
Yod [she-waw] hay - waw [cholem] shin waw [shurake] [patach] ayin;

When the original ancient vowel points of Yaw-hu-ah are applied to the name Yehoshuah, the correct pronunciation becomes "Yaw-hu-shu-ah." [whose salvation is Yaw-hu].

So, the name Yahushua, when transliterated into English, is actually the name "Joshua," and not the unique name of Yawhuah's messiah. Joshua (Yahushua) is a common name among the Hebrews, and not the name reserved for our messiah.

Wherefore Yawhuah also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: Phil 2:9 (KJV)

"....above ever other name..." means NO ONE else has ever had that name, nor will any one ever have that name in the future.

This name would have a root in YawHuah's own name, 

"I have come in My Father's name, and you do not receive Me; .... John 5:43 (NKJ)

This name can only be Yaw-Hu-ah-shua, or   [YHWHSWA]

incorporating all four letters of the Father's name, YHWH, and meaning; Yaw-the self existent one- is (our) salvation. 

NO ONE ELSE has ever had this name. 

Now, you know.


You may be wondering,  how can you be sure that the vowel point kaw-mates originally articulated the sound "aw" as in the English word "all." The simple answer is, the name for each vowel point gives away it unique sound. For example:

1.  Kamets [kaw-mates] has the "aw" sound in its first syllable.
2.  Chiyriq [kee-rik] has the "e" sound in its first syllable.
3.  Cholem [kho-lem] has the "o" sound in its first syllable.
4.  Tserey [tsay-ray] has the "a" sound in each of its syllable.
5.  Shurake [shoo-rake] has the "oo" or "u" sound in its first syllable;
and so it is for each of the other vowel sounds.

But the most  significant revelation in this entire study is, all of the consonants I have researched so far, in word studies, have backed up to an archaic sound of "aw" also. The first hint I noticed regarding this possibility came from the archaic sound for the Hebrew letters "d," "h," and "t," namely; "daw-let," "waw," and "taw." 
The "aw" sound being prevalent, such as in the name David, pronounced Daw-veed, or properly Daw-weed, as it is still pronounced today in Arabic.

[ Strongs # 1732 David (daw-veed'); rarely (fully); Daviyd (daw-veed'); from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse:]

Other letters of the alephbayt that have the same sound (shown below):


1.  A or  Alef  - 505 'eleph (eh'-lef); prop, the same as 504; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand: 504 'eleph (eh'-lef); from 502; a family; also (from the sense of yoking or taming) an ox or cow: 502 'alph (aw-lof'); a primitive root, to associate with; hence, to learn (and causatively to teach):

You can see that the modern word "alef" backs up to its archaic form (primative root) of "aw-lof."
The original letter "a" was probably "aw."


2.  B or Bayt  - 1004 bayith (bah'-yith); probably from 1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.):1129 banah (baw-naw'); primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively).

Bayt also backs up to its archaic form of "baw-naw."
The original letter "b" was probably "baw."


3.  G or Gimel - 1581 gamal (gaw-mawl'); apparently from 1580 (in the sense of labor or burden-bearing); a camel: KJV-- camel.1580 gamal (gaw-mal');a primitive root; to treat a person (well or ill).

Gimel also backs up to its archaic root of "gaw-mal."
The original letter "g" was probably "gaw."
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4.  Daleth
1817 deleth (deh'-leth);from 1802; something swinging, i.e. the valve of a door: 1802 dalah (daw-law'); a primitive root (compare 1809); properly, to dangle.

The original letter "d" was probably "daw."


5.  Hay 1888 he' (Aramaic) (hay);or ha' (Aramaic) (haw); 
The original letter "h" was probably "haw."


6.  Waw -self explanatory.


7.  Zayin ( or zay)  the letter represents a weapon or sword in shape, but the word "zay" or "Zayin" does not mean either (or even exist).

There are compound words with "zey" or "zay" as a prefix, that have a primitive (or archaic) form of "zaw." [a sample shown below]:

1.  2142 zakar (zaw-kar'); a primitive root; properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; also (as denominative from 2145) to be male:

2.  2167 zamar (zaw-mar'); a primitive root [perhaps ident. with 2168 through the idea of striking with the fingers]; properly, to touch the strings or parts of a musical instrument, i.e. play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and music:

3.  2232 zara` (zaw-rah');a primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify:

4.  2224 zarach (zaw-rakh'); a primitive root; properly, to irradiate (or shoot forth beams), i.e. to rise (as the sun).

The original letter "z" was probably "zaw."

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8.  Chet 

As with the letter and word meaning for "zayin," "chet" proper does not appear in a compound word. But the combinations "chet-yod" and "chet-taw" do, some samples shown below;

2421 is spelt - chet (kawmates) yod (kawmates) hay

2421 chayah (khaw-yaw');a primitive root [compare 2331, 2421]; to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive:

2331 chavah (khaw-vah');a primitive root; [compare 2324, 242 l]; properly, to live; by implication (intensively) to declare or show:

2844 chath (khath);[spelt - chet (tsere) taw] from 2865; concretely, crushed; also afraid; abstractly, terror:

2865 chathath (khaw-thath');a primitive root; properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear:

2845 Cheth (khayth);[spelt - chet (tsere) taw] from 2865; terror; Cheth, an aboriginal Canaanite:

2865 chathath (khaw-thath');a primitive root; properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear: KJV-- abolish, affright, be (make) afraid, amaze, beat down, discourage, (cause to) dismay, go down, scare, terrify.

The original "ch" was probably "khaw."


9.  Teth - Just as with Zayin, and Chet, Teth itself is not part of a word. Many believe the root is from twisting together (as in) to spin.

2901 tavah (taw-vaw'); a primitive root; to spin:

I haven't finished researching this letter. It could begin with a softer "T" (maybe a th) sound, as in "thaw."


10.  Yod - 3027 yad (yawd);a primitive word; a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.].

I'll stop here at Yod (yawd). As I mentioned in the beginning of this study, there is a more technical explanation of this word study, and a simple one. The "Yawd" leads us to the simple version for discovering the name of our Father, his Son, and the great leader of Israel (YawshorUl) Joshua (Yahushua).

"Yaw" is the Father's name, in its first (or abbreviated) form.
"Yawd" means the hand.
"Yaw-daw" means to praise, or hold out the hands in praise.
"Yaw-hoo-daw" is the tribe (Judah) that praises Yaw.
remove the "d" (or daw-let) from Yaw-hoo- daw, and you're left with the Father's name, "Yaw-Hoo-ah."

If the simple or long explanation has been enough information to at least encourage you to begin a course of study; get Davidson's and Brigg's  Books on Hebrew Grammar; but especially Gesenius' all encompassing "Book of Hebrew Grammar."
This book will show you, using the rules of Hebrew grammar, that the name must be Yahuah. Pay special attention to page 56, and his explanation of the "waw" consecutive. 

The first letter of the sacred name is a "yod" (Y) combined with a "kawmates" vowel point, giving it the vowel sound "aw." The "yod" retains its soft "Y" sound and produces the first syllable,  "Yaw."

A "hay" (h) in the middle of a word (such as in the second letter of Yahuah's name) can never be a vowel. The "hay" retains it soft "h" consonantal sound. 

The third letter "waw" has a sureq vowel point in the center of the letter, giving it the vowel sound "u," and making the second syllable "hoo." This "waw" cannot be a dages forte because there is no vowel before or after it, it must be a "u." 
"Waw" in the center of a word (or proper name) always closes a syllable and begins another. Thus giving the first three letters of the name the sound of "Yaw-Hu." 

The final "hay" at the end of the name becomes quiescent (or silent) retaining its soft vowel sound of an exhaled - "ah."

These are the rules of Hebrew grammar.


Yahuah (Yaw-Hoo-ah)      Yahuahshua (Yaw-Hoo-ah-shoo-ah)

The true names.

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