Talk:Yahweh
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The name "Yahweh" does not mean "I am what I am," or any variation of this. When God says to Moses in Exod 3:14 that he should tell the Israelites that "I Am" sent him, the Hebrew verb ")ehyeh" ("I am") is being translated rather literally into English. The name "Yahweh" is probably related to the Hebrew root that means "to be," and perhaps even to derived forms meaning "he is" or "he causes to be." Also, it is inaccurate to say that Hebrew did not have vowels. Hebrew in the bibilical period was written without signs to indicate vowels, but the language most certainly had vowel sounds. This article is inaccurate, misleading, and must be drastically rewritten.