Biblia ya Kiebrania haina neno “Yehova” ndani yake hata kidogo.
Neno linalotumika ni tetragramatoni kwa kutumia, 'Y' 'H' 'W' 'H'.
Mtu anawezaje kutamka YHWH kuwa Yehova? Hakuna njia inayowezekana. Kama vile Kiarabu, Kiebrania hakina vokali. Kuongeza vokali kunaweza kufanya neno kuwa "YEHOWA" lakini hiyo inamaanisha nini?
Neno hili si neno la Kiebrania, wala halina maana yoyote katika Kiarabu (lugha dada ya Kiebrania). Njia sahihi ya kulitamka ni "YAHUAH" ambalo pia lipo katika Kiarabu na kusomeka kama "YA HUWA" maana yake "O! HE" au "O! YEYE ni" na inaweza pia kuchukuliwa katika wakati ujao.
Catholic Encyclopedia inatoa maana ya Yahweh kama "Yeye Aliyeko" na pia inaendelea kutoa tafsiri yake isiyo sahihi kwamba ni jina la Mungu.
Huenda hoja hiyo ikasikika kuwa ya kudanganya lakini ikisomwa kulingana na muktadha na kutoka katika Biblia, inaonekana kuwa yenye mantiki na sahihi. Katika Biblia, wakati wowote maneno Ya Huwa yanapotumiwa, kuna neno la ufuatiliaji ambalo linamaanisha Mungu.
Kwa mfano:
JEHOVAH SHAMMAH
Ezekieli 48:35
YEHOVA RAFA
Kutoka 15
JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU
Yeremia 23:6
JEHOVAH-JIREH
Mwanzo 22:14
JEHOVAH-MELEK
Isaya 33:22
JEHOVAH-NISSI
Kutoka 17:8-16
JEHOVAH-SHALOM
Waamuzi 6:24
YEHOVA-SABATO
1 Samweli 1:3
YEHOVA-MEKADESHI
Mambo ya Walawi 21:8
Hizi ni sehemu chache tu ambazo majina haya yametajwa. Wametajwa mara nyingi.
Hata kama tunachukulia neno Yehova kuwa halimaanishi "O! Yeye yuko", bado haileti maana kile ambacho Biblia inasema.
Kwa njia hii, Yehova Elohim ingemaanisha “Mungu Mungu”.
Kwa hakika Yehova haimaanishi Mungu.
Biblia nyingi hutafsiri kama Bwana ambayo ina maana zaidi, "Bwana Mungu".
The dictionary defines Lord as:
1. a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
2. a person who exercises authority from property rights; an owner of land, houses, etc.
3. a person who is a leader or has great influence in a chosen profession: the great lords of banking.
4. a feudal superior; the proprietor of a manor.
5. a titled nobleman or peer; a person whose ordinary appellation contains by courtesy the title Lord or some higher title.
6. Lords, the Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal comprising the House of Lords.
7. (initial capital letter) (in Britain) a. the title of certain high officials (used with some other title, name, or the like): Lord Mayor of London.
b. the formally polite title of a bishop: Lord Bishop of Durham.
c. the title informally substituted for marquis, earl, viscount, etc., as in the use of Lord Kitchener for Earl Kitchener.
8. (initial capital letter) the Supreme Being; God; Jehovah.
9. (initial capital letter) the Savior, Jesus Christ.
10. Astrology. a planet having dominating influence.
Lord does not mean God.
Kwa Kiarabu ,YaHuwa ,maana yake ni "O! YEYE ni" na kwa Kiebrania ina maana "Aliyeko".
Maana hizi mbili zinafanana sana. Limetumika kimakosa kama jina la Mungu.
, katika Kiebrania ,Ya Huwa (Yehova/Yahweh) si jina la Mungu bali larejezewa kuwa hilo kwa sababu ya heshima.