This title Jehovah was accounted by the Jews themselves 1to be ineffable, not meet to be uttered: because it setteth out the incomprehensible, and unutterable essence of God. They therefore though in holy Scripture they find written & printed the letters & vowels of this name Jehovah, yet pronounce it not. But where they find aJehovah expressed, they read Adonai, which is pointed with the same pricks, and also signifieth Lord. And where bJehovah is joined with Adonai, that Adonai might not be twice together pronounced, it is pointed with the pricks of Elohim, thus, Jehovih, and answerably they read it Elohim, which word signifieth the mighty God. To confirm this course of pronouncing Jehovah with other words, they allege that the blasphemy for which the Mongrel of an Egyptian Father, and Israelitish mother was stoned to death, was an open pronouncing of that ineffable name Jehovah, in the proper letters and vowels thereof. This they gather out of this phrase, cHe pronounced that name, and cursed: that is, by pronouncing that name, he cursed. What was that name? Even this ineffable name Jehovah. Yet further do the Jews proceed in their seeming high esteem of this name. For, where they compute their numbers, as the Graecians do by letters: dthe first and ethe last letters of this name Jehovah, make up that name fJah, which is an abbreviation of Jehovah, and in effect importeth as much: and according to their ordinary computation maketh up the number of fifteen. gThe first letter importeth ten, the latter hfive. They in their numbering will not use those two letters together: but instead of the first, ia letter that signifieth nine, and kanother instead of the latter, that signifieth six: as if we instead of fifteen, should name nine-six. It seems that the Heathen had heard something of this excellent name: and thereupon named their god Jupiter, of [Greek or Hebrew] and Pater; which to join both together, soundeth Japater: and in another case Jovem, in ⟨p. 316⟩relation to Jehovah. And this reason is rendered of the Jews forbearing to pronounce Jehovah, that they might take away all occasion from the Heathen of imagining their god to be Jehovah. Howsoever, there was a savour of too much superstition in forbearing the sound, and letters of these high and excellent names Jehovah, and Jah:
THis title Iehovah was accounted by the Iewes themselves 1to be ineffable, not meet to be uttered: because it setteth out the incomprehensible, and unutterable essence of God. They therfore though in holy Scripture they find written & printed the letters & vowels of this name Iehovah, yet pronounce it not. But where they find aIehovah expressed, they read Adonai, which is pointed with the same pricks, and also signifieth Lord. And where bIehovah is joyned with Adonai, that Adonai might not be twice together pronounced, it is pointed with the pricks of Elohim, thus, Iehovih, and answerably they read it Elohim, which word signifieth the mighty God. To confirme this course of pronouncing Iehovah with other words, they alledge that the blasphemy for which the Moungrill of an Egyptian Father, and Israelitish mother was stoned to death, was an open pronouncing of that ineffable name Iehovah, in the proper letters and vowels thereof. This they gather out of this phrase, cHe pronounced that name, and cursed: that is, by pronouncing that name, he cursed. What was that name? Even this ineffable name Iehovah. Yet further do the Iewes proceed in their seeming high esteeme of this name. For, where they compute their numbers, as the Graecians do by letters: dthe first and ethe last letters of this name Iehovah, make up that name fIah, which is an abbreviation of Iehovah, and in effect importeth as much: and according to their ordinary computation maketh up the number of fifteene. gThe first letter importeth ten, the latter hfive. They in their numbring will not use those two letters together: but instead of the first, ia letter that signifieth nine, and k
- 1Nomen omnipotentis Dei quatuor literis Hebraicis scribitur, & apud Judaeos vocatur ineffabile. Hieron. Comment. in Ezek. 16.Nomen omnipotentis Dei quatuor literis Hebraicis scribitur, & apud Iudaeos vocatur ineffabile. Hieron. Comment. in Ezek. 16.
- a[Greek or Hebrew] Adonai Elohim. Gen. 2. 4.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Adonai Elohim. Gen. 2. 4.
- b[Greek or Hebrew] Adonai Elohim. Gen 15. 2. [Greek or Hebrew] Elohim Adonai. Psal. 68. 20 In priori exemplo Adonai praeponitur Jehovae In posteriori postconitur. In utroque scribitur cum Chirick sub Vau, & pronunciatur Elohim.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Adonai Elohim. Gen 15. 2. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Elohim Adonai. Psal. 68. 20 In priori exemplo Adonai praeponitur Iehouae In posteriori postconitur. In utroque scribitur cum Chirick sub Vau, & pronunciatur Elohim.
- cLev. 24. 11. [Greek or Hebrew] Et expressit, seu pronunciavit illud nomen: & maledixit.Lev. 24. 11. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Et expressit, seu pronunciavit illud nomen: & maledixit.
- d[Greek or Hebrew] Jod〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Iod
