Though some passages, particularly in the books of Daniel and Ezra, were written in Biblical Aramaic, the majority of the Old Testament Bible writings were composed in Biblical Hebrew. All languages use the same term, "HalleluYAH", which is recognised worldwide. The Bible uses the phrase 24 times, specifically in the 'Book of Psalms'.

YAH..?

As recently mentioned, Yah is the shortened form of the name 'YaHuWaH' (YHWH), the name of the one and only Creator.

It may surprise you to know that the name of our Creator,  YaHuWaH, is written nearly 7000 times in Scripture!

However, in nearly every case the translators decided to use the word  'LORD'  instead of His name.

If you check out the preface of your Bible it will tell you that the translators decided to replace the Creator's name with the common title of 'the Lord!'

(click here to see the preface of a  NIV Bible)

Here is an example of  Psalm 23 taken from an English Bible. It should read:

"​YaHuWaH is my Shepherd..."

But it has been replaced! The name of our Creator is not 'the LORD' or 'GOD'.

Only in a few places in our English Bibles has the name of our Creator been kept in its proper form.

Let's take a look...

For example, here is a copy of Psalm 68 from an English KJV Bible.

One of the few places in the translation that kept the name YAH. However, in newer English versions, it now reads "By His Name, the LORD."

If we look at very early manuscripts, we can see the name of YaHuWaH in its Paleo Hebrew form as discovered in the incredible Dead Sea Scrolls pictured here.

Yod, Hey, Waw, Hey, written in Paleo Hebrew (from right to left) Originally there were no vowels in Hebrew.

Here  YHWH (without vowels) is written in the different Hebrew forms:

The third commandment in our English translations found in Exodus commonly tells us:  

Exodus Chapter 20 Verse 7

"You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain."

The Hebrew word for 'in vain' is 'shav', which literally translates to 'nothingness'. The Almighty YaHuWaH's name is genuinely reduced to nothingness when His personal name is removed and replaced with "the LORD" or "GOD".

Jeremiah Chapter 23 Verses 26 - 27 says: 

"​Till when shall it be in the heart of the prophets? – the prophets of falsehood and prophets of the deceit of their own heart, who try to make My people forget My Name by their dreams which everyone relates to his neighbour, as their fathers forgot My Name for Ba‛al."

If you look up the name 'Ba'al'—the Phoenician pagan deity (remember Elijah and the prophets of Baal?) You will find that it is a Hebrew word and means 'Lord'.

So, if you translate the text fully into English, the last sentence would read:

"as their fathers have forgotten My name for the Lord."

The name of the Almighty has been known for a long, long time, so why do Bible translators continue to substitute His name? Could it be something to do with money? The Secretary of the Management Committee of the NIV—Edwin H. Palmer, Th.D.—gave an interesting reason when he was asked why the name 'YaHuWaH'
was omitted from this translation.

He explained:

"Here is the reason why we didn't use it. You are right when you said that "YHWH" is the divine name for God, and we should use it. But this translation cost us $2.5 million. A sure way to throw it in the water is to translate Psalm 23: "YHWH is my Shepherd". Nobody would use our translation."

It seems translators have not listened to the Messiah's words in Mark Chapter 7:

Mark Chapter 7 Verses 8 - 9

"​Forsaking the command of God, you hold fast the tradition of men." And He said to them, "Well do you set aside the command of God, in order to guard your tradition."

Another vivid testament to the name of YaHuWaH is the names of many prophets in Hebrew, which contain the name YAH:

YeremiYAHU
Jeremiah meaning ~ YaHuWaH has uplifted.

YeshaYAHU
Isaiah means ~ YaHuWaH is salvation.

EliYAHU
Elijah means ~ my El (Mighty One) is YaHuWaH.

ObadiYAHU
Obadiah means ~ the servant of YaHuWaH.

ZephaniYAHU
Zephaniah means ~ YaHuWaH has concealed.
(There are many more.)

It seems that these words in Jeremiah 16 are coming to pass right now!

Jeremiah Chapter 16 Verses 19 - 21

"O YaHuWaH, my strength and my stronghold and my refuge, in the day of distress the gentiles shall come to You from the ends of the earth and say, "Our fathers have inherited only falsehood, futility, and there is no value in them." Would a man make gods for himself, which are not gods? "Therefore see, I am causing them to know, this time I cause them to know My hand and My might. And they shall know that My Name is YaHuWaH!"

Many have lived their lives honouring 'the LORD' as per tradition, and they may respond by ​​saying, "I didn’t know" or "It doesn’t really matter; He knows our hearts". This is true; we may not have known, but now we do, and we now have a choice to make...

If we love our Heavenly Father, surely we would want to find out the truth and use His precious name—YaHuWaH—the one He has revealed in scripture as His name FOREVER and for EVERY generation.

Exodus Chapter 3 Verse 15

"God said further to Moses, "Say this to the people of Israel: YaHuWaH, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is MY NAME FOREVER; this is how I am to be remembered generation after generation."

Should we continue in the traditions and lies of man or search for the truth? Should we continue to forget the Father‘s name and use nameless and common Pagan titles and take His name in vain?