Chapter 16

The Charge of Being Feminine

Some of the advocates of the name Yahweh have charged the name of YAHUWAH to be feminine, because that in many Hebrew words the "ah" ending denotes femininity; an example is Proverbs 8. Translators noticed the feminine ending throughout many of the words, and thus the personification of Wisdom was made feminine. But this does not always apply! For there are 137 names that end with "yah", but the Advocates of Yahweh dismiss this because it is the short form of the set-apart name.

The name Jonah was used as an example, because it means dove, and the word dove is assigned feminine gender.

What about all the other male names that end in "ah"? Did they forget to notice these?

#5734

 Adnah

II Chr. 17:14

#5933

 Alvah

Gen. 36:40 Interchangeable with Alyah

# 841

 Asarclah

I Chr. 25:2

#1196

 Baanah

II Sam. 4:2

# 880

 Beerah

I Chr. 5:6

#1294

 Berachah

I Chr. 12:3

#1083

 Bilgah

I Chr. 24:14

# 946

 Bunah

I Chr. 2:25

#1853

 Diklah

Gen. 10:27

#1735

 Dodavah

II Chr. 20:37 -meaning "love of Yah"

#1746

 Dumah

Gen. 25:14

# 497

 Eladah

I Chr. 7:20

# 501

 Elasah

Ezra 10:22

# 448

 Eliathah

I Chr. 25:4

# 473

 Elishah

Gen 10:6

# 511

Elkanah

Ex. 6:24

# 433

Eloah, Elah

Dan. 2:37 title of YHWH, The Deity

#2726

Harbonah

Esther 7:9

#5574

Hasenuah

I Chr. 9:7

#2807

Hushabah

I Chr. 3:20

#2641

Hasrah

II Chr. 34:22

#5574

Hassenaah

Neh. 3:3

#2341

Havilah

Gen. 10:7

#1937

Hodevah

Neh. 7:43 - means "majesty of Yah"

#2647

Huppah

I Chr. 24:13

#2364

Hushah

I Chr. 4:4

#3229

Imlah

I Kings 22:8

#3232

Imnah

I Chr. 7:30

#3236

Imrah

I Chr. 9:4

#3438

Ishwah

Gen. 46:17

#3472

Ispah

I Chr. 8:16

#3495

Ithmah

I Chr. 11:46

#3291

Jaakobah

I Chr. 4:36

#3170

Jahzerah

I Chr. 9:12

#3085

Jehoadah

I Chr. 8:36

#3160

Jehubbah

I Chr. 7:34

#3480

Jesharelah

I Chr. 25:14

#3232

Imnah

Gen. 46:17

#3139

Jorah

Ezra 2:18

#3144

Joshah

I Chr. 4:34

#3063

Judah

Gen. 29:35

#6929

Kedemah

Gen. 25:15

#3935

Laadah

I Chr. 4:21

#3838

Lebanah

Ezra 2:45

#3922

Lecah

I Chr. 4:21

#4244

Mahalah

I Chr. 7:18

#4992

Mattathah

Ezra 10:33 - means "gift of Yah"

#4925

Mishmannah

I Chr. 12:10

#4199

Mizzah

Gen. 36:13

#5052

Nogah

 I Chr. 3:7

#6513

Phurah

Judg. 7:10

#6312

Phuvah

Gen. 46:13

#6462

Pispah

 I Chr. 7:38

#7441

Rinnah

 I Chr. 4:20

#5454

Sabtah

Gen. 10:7

#8072

Samlah

Gen. 36:36

#5574

Senuah

Neh. 11:9

#8048

Shammah

II Sam. 5:14

#7956

Shelah

Gen. 38:5

#8616

Tikvah

II Kings 22:14

#8425

Togarmah

Gen. 10:3

#2155

Zimmah

I Chr. 6:20

#2125

Zizah

I Chr. 23:11

Also words like:

#7497

giant

"raphah"

#6213

warrior

"asah" I Kings 12:21

#6822

watchman

"tsaphah"

#6635

soldier

"tsebaah

#4139

circumcision

"muwlah"

#3712

branch

"kippah"

So, does the "ah" ending make these giants, warriors, watchmen soldiers and circumcisions, female? No!

The set-apart name, you could say ends with "Yah", but in the form "wah". Since I AM THAT I AM is the translation, it stands to reason the set-apart name has three parts, since I AM is repeated. Therefore, "wah" the last portion stands for "yah". The set-apart name is the tetragrammaton (four letters) YHWH, not YHYH, nor a pentegrammaton (five letters) YHUYH. Therefore the set-apart name cannot be Yahuyah, for the waw blends with the middle part "huw", whereas the yod does not, which we already learned in Hebrew grammar rules. Yah huw wah. Yahuwah!

Yahuwah therefore is not feminine. If the set-apart name were Yahuah, then the gainsayers might have a point. Yahuah however could be a perfect Latin transliteration, since the Latin has no "w" to express the Hebrew.

But even if the ending of Yahuwah were feminine, does that somehow make the name of Yahweh correct? The "HU" part of YAHUWAH is masculine as Hu means He, which is lacking in Yahweh.

In the Old Testament, more than one person acted in the set-apart name. The Son of Elohim was also called by the name of YAHUWAH in His pre-existence. A quick example is in Exodus 3:2, "The angel of YAHUWAH appeared unto him." Further down in verse four it says, "And when YAHUWAH saw that, he turned aside to see, Elohim called unto him out of the midst of the bush."

Consider also Matt. 28:20, "Baptizing them in the name (singular) of the Father, and of the Son , and of the Holy Spirit."

So I suspect the Set-Apart Spirit is also named with the set-apart name, and/or acts in the name of YAHUSHUA (Jn. 14:18 &16:13), the Family name (Eph. 3:14,15).

"Hear, 0 Israel: YAHUWAH our Elohim (plural) is united YAHUWAH." Deut. 6:4

 

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