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Because of the way language has evolved over time, from one culture to the next, the terminology for the Creator in the Hebraic religion has become a negative word, instead of its original meaning.
Modern day Hebrew has taken the pronunciation of a Vav from Arabic, which pronounces it as a Waw. In some cultures the 'W' sound came from Double 'V', which is still pronounced that way in languages like French (doo-bluh-vay).
In the Hebrew Bible, we have the word Havah (H1933/H1934 הוה), which means 'to make become', and is the correct pronunciation.
Because they've tried to recreate modern Hebrew, by using an Arabic Triliteral system, they think lots of it is the same, when it isn't; for one there are lots of two letter words in the Hebrew Bible, and things are pronounced differently.
When we put double 'VV' in Hebrew, like a 'W' we find the word Hawah (H1942 הווה), which means 'mischief & destruction'.
Yah in Hebrew is not a shortened version of YHVH (H3068 יהוה), it is an independent two letter word (H3050 יה), meaning 'Lord'; this can clearly be shown in Psalms 89:6, where it compares 'who is a strong Lord (Yah), like YHVH' - where if Yah was a shortened version of the word YHVH, it couldn't be used about other Divine Beings, and as a comparison to the full word.
When people are saying Yahweh they are saying 'Lord of Mischief & Destruction'; where it should be pronounced with a Vav, which could be pronounced as a 'Uh' sound or a 'V' sound.
Personally after much experimentation, and asking God which is acceptable, I've realized it should be jYahavah, where the usages of 'A' is for power in a word, and the usage of 'E' is for a way of something. This also then matches other ancient religious mantras, where there is an inward up breath, and an outward down breath. The Yod was pronounced as a jY sound in ancient times, like the Rastas pronounce Jah.
The next part of this sacred naming, when we understand that Yah means 'Lord', and 'Havah' is the exact same meaning as 'Brahma' in Sanskrit, 'to be, to make manifest', coming from the root for breath - it is literally a translation from the Dharmic cultures, that Bhagavan Brahma, means the 'Lord who Makes Become', which implies the 'Lord of Creation', which is the same as Yahavah should mean.
Something powerful in the wording Yahavah, is when David said in the Psalms 37:4 'Lord you fulfil my desires', a word for desires is 'Avah' in Hebrew (H183 אוה); where in the 10th commandment not to desire/covet your neighbours possessions, it also has connotations that the Lord of Creation is the one who gives us our desires, by the very nature of reality. When it is our desire to serve the God Most High, and when we get the name pronounced right, it provides power, that the Lord of Creation will fulfil our desires.
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