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The combination YE-HO-AH makes much better grammatical sense. In Hebrew "YE" rep-
resents the future or imperfect of the verb "to be," "HO" represents the present, while "AH" repre-
sents the past. In other words, this form of God's Name would have specific meaning and not be
merely a repetition of vowel sounds. Quite literally YEHOAH means "shall/is/was" -- that is, the
Eternal, the Ever-living One who will be, is and always was. This is WHY the pronunciation YE-
HOAH is preferable, or even the more popular form, YEHOVAH, since it clearly reflects this
profound meaning. YAH would then be the contracted or shortened form of this full Name, taking
the first and last sounds together.

Regardless of what you read in other publications, it is simply NOT TRUE that YEHO-
VAH is a corrupt and mistaken reading of the massoretic vowel pointing taken from "'adonai."
Nor is it an "evil name," as some have ignorantly charged, based on the Hebrew term hovah,
which means "ruin" or "disaster." This Hebrew word hovah is from hayah -- which can also mean
to "happen." It has no grammatical connection to the Divine Name. The name YEHOAH -- or if
one prefers, the more well known for YEHOVAH -- therefore best represents God's Name in
English.

The misunderstandings about God the Father's Name have also inflicted the correct name
for Jesus. The Hebrew name for Jesus is YEHOSHUA, or the shortened form YESHUA -- not
YAHSHUA as so many mistakenly think. The form YAHSHUA is impossible in Hebrew and com-
pletely ignores the second syllable -- represented by the letter "vav." This is a very common name
in Hebrew and there is no doubt whatsoever about how to write or pronounce it. It is built from the
Divine Name YEHOAH. The first two syllables, YEHO, are common in many Biblical names
(Yehoshaphat, Yehoiakim). These three letters or syllables in Hebrew simply CANNOT be repre-
sented by YAH. Yah in Hebrew is Yod He, while the letters of the Sacred Name, reflected in such
compounds, are Yod He Vav. The "Vav" must have its common vowel sound in this form -- it can-
not be silent or ignored.

Judging by the available evidence at hand, it seems most probable and likely that the cor-
rect pronunciation of the divine name represented by the Tetragrammaton, YHVH, is simply YE-
HOVAH or YEHOAH, and not the "Yahweh" that so many today amongst the "Holy Names" sects
insist upon using. One such sect, in Texas, has now even discarded the name "Yahweh," and in-
stead simply refers to God as "Ha Shem," meaning, "The Name" -- just as many Orthodox and
Conservative Jews do, also, today, because they are fearful of misusing the Divine Name.

However, the truth is that God WANTS us to use His Name -- properly, reverently, and
worshipfully. It is not a name which we should cringe before, in terror and fear. It is a name by
which we should REVERENCE AND WORSHIP the Most High God! Therefore, we should not be
afraid to speak the name of God, and to use it, so long as we are very respectful. However, we
should always and only use it with respect, reverence, and love -- in true worship.

We should avoid false names, or weak imitations, and strive to remain as faithful to the
original Name as we possibly can, with the knowledge we have today. This means, if we use the
Tetragrammaton, in worship, or speech, we should use YEHOVAH or YEHOAH .

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