"See to This": The Meaning of "Jehovah Jireh" in Genesis 22
What does Jehovah Jireh provide for his people? This article explores Genesis 22 contextually and canonically to find the answer.
https://www.logos.com/grow/hall-jehovah-jireh/#:~:text=1,2
God’s name is NOT Jehovah
Jehovah was created by a misunderstanding.
First, Jehovah is the weirdest kind of portmanteau: it’s 1) the vowels of one Hebrew word (Adonai) inserted into 2) the consonants of another (Yahweh), with the result then 3) transliterated into various European languages. This is the colossal error I mentioned. We’re not quite sure who did it—though a sixteenth-century friar named Galatinus is often blamed—but we’re pretty sure we know why. The Jewish custom of avoiding saying the divine name meant that the four consonants of Yahweh (Y-H-W-H) came to be spelled with the vowels of Adonai as a reminder to say the latter instead of the former. Apparently someone (Galatinus?) didn’t realize what was going on and thought the traditional pastiche was itself a word: Jehovah. This custom spread and the word still exists today. But it all stems from a misunderstanding.
We should do a deep dive no emotions ty
