Who Is Yhwh? The Eternal Name

The Meaning of Yhwh

Yhwh means “He Is” — the Eternal, Self‑Existent One. In early West‑Semitic writing the four letters appear as:

𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄

When spoken from His point of view the sense is “I Am / I Will Be.” When we speak about Him, it is “He Is / He Will Be.” The focus is His uncaused existence and sole authority.

Witness from Yhwh’s Word

The Burning Bush Account

“I Am That I Am. Say: ‘I Am has sent me to you.’”

This statement reveals the Name as existence itself — not a title, not a role, but identity.

Note: We retain the core line for clarity and avoid later editorial labels and ethnonyms.

Restoring the Name

Over time, translations and religious systems replaced the written Name with substitute titles. This obscured the identity of the One whose Name is written 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.

Hellenistic era renderings: swap the Name for generic titles like “Lord,” shifting thought toward foreign philosophy.
Imperial standardizations (4th–5th c. AD): fix those substitutions across manuscripts and liturgy.

To restore the Name is to return to clarity: one Eternal, indivisible, without partners or divisions.

🔥 The written Name 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 proclaims: He Is.

Final Truth

Yhwh is the Eternal One. Replacing His Name with titles hides the very point of His revelation. We honor Him by writing the Name and refusing divisions of His nature.

✔️ Yhwh = “He Is,” Self‑Existent
✔️ The written Name is not to be swapped for titles
❌ No imported titles or philosophical partitions

𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄

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