Vowels can stand alone, whereas consonants cannot. This caused Hebrew vowel sounds to be added erroneously for pronunciation. If the Spanish vowels IAUE are substituted, an almost identical pronunciation for YHVH is achieved. Therefore YHVH becomes Yahweh , and can be pronounced. The names of these national leaders were never translated into English.
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I have used the names God , Jesus Christ , and Lord all my life. I am now changing because of knowledge that had not registered with me before. However, I am leaving the names unchanged in previous essays. This will show that I have learned something and have changed as a result. Changes will not be made when I quote from the versions.