GOD – The English word God is identical with the Anglo-Saxon word for “good,” and therefore it is believed that the name God refers to the divine goodness. 


The origin of the word ‘god’ comes from a Germanic to Indo-European word ‘gad,’ pronounced as “gohdt.” * ǥuđan based on the root * ǵhau(ə)-, which meant either “to call upon” “to invoke, to implore.

God is often conceived as the supreme being and principal object of faith.
There are many names for God, and different names are attached to different cultural ideas about who God is and what attributes he possesses.

Hence the word “God” it would seem to refer to either “that which is worshipped through sacrifice” or “that which is invoked when pronounced.

Hebrew words for ‘God’ are associated with different attributes/characteristics (when ‘God’ is merciful ‘God’ has a particular name and when ‘God’ is wrathful ‘God’ has a particular name).

In scripture, this Name is used when discussing God’s relation with human beings, and when emphasizing his qualities of lovingkindness and mercy. It is frequently shortened to Yah (Yod-Heh), Yahu or Yeho (Yod-Heh-Vav).

Many common Hebrew names contain “Yah” or “Yahu,” part of God’s four-letter Name. The Name was pronounced as part of daily services in the Temple.

In the Rastararian religion this has become to be pronounced as “Jah”.

The name of God when used in combination with names or phrases, as in Yehoshua (Joshua, meaning “the Lord is my Salvation“), Eliyahu (Elijah, meaning “my God is the Lord”), and Halleluyah (“praise the Lord”).

Jews customarily do not pronounce any of God’s many Names except in prayer or study. The usual practice is to substitute letters or syllables, so that Adonai becomes Adoshem or Ha-Shem, Elohaynu and Elohim become Elokaynu and Elokim, etc.

under the consonants of YHVH to remind people not to pronounce YHVH as written. A sixteenth century German Christian scribe, while transliterating the Bible into Latin for the Pope, wrote the Name out as it appeared in his texts, with the consonants of YHVH and the vowels of Adonai, and came up with the word JeHoVaH, and the name stuck.