Aleph - the unspeakable name of God
The aleph contains the name of God 'ee-oo-ee' יוי which sounds a lot like 'Yahweh'. The name in the aleph is unspeakable in the aleph because the aleph is a silent letter.
Someone heard that you couldn't say the name of God, and misunderstood it to be a commandment rather than an observation. God told Moses to say the approximation of his unspeakable name 'Yahweh' יהוה. [a] Too often what should produce a natural awe of God is used to form religious coercion.
With the aleph God silently declares "I am" though it would not have mattered if he had thundered it; no one was there to hear him. There is also an invisible aleph (meaning that he spoke and created the heavens and the earth) before Ge 1:1 indicating that there was no one there to see him do it either.
Why would God have an unspeakable name anyway? The act of naming something is a symbol of taking dominion or possession. [b] The name reflects your character since the word 'name' also means 'reputation'. God's unpronounceable name means that no one knows his reputation. [c] The unspeakable name belongs to the Father; his name before creation. The pronounceable one belongs to the Son.
The aleph א and it's strokes yod-vav-yod יוי are used interchangeably to refer to God as Jehovah or as 'I am'.
| Joiada | יוידע | Jehovah/I (am) knows | אדע | ada |
| Jehoiachin | יויכין | Jehovah/I (am) establish | אכין | akhun |
| Joiakim | יויקים | Jehovah/I (am) raise | אקים | akim |
| Joiarib | יויריב | Jehovah/I (am) contends | אריב | arib |
Scriptures
- ↑ Ex 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
- ↑ Ge 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought [them] unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that [was] the name thereof.
- ↑ Joh 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].
