Aleph - the unspeakable name of God
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 unpronounceable 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 unpronounceable 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 unpronounceable name belongs to the Father; his name before creation. The pronounceable one belongs to the Son.
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