Posted by Ginny Tosken on March 25, 1999 at 20:01:34 {MWyyC89S7ssMg}:
While searching on the net for information about pronunciation of Hebrew and Greek Bible names, I found the information below. I had never heard this and found it interesting.
Ginny
Additionally, some have pointed out that the
structure of the word "Jehovah" indicates that it may actually slander the Creator! The prefix "Je" is often used to represent the shortened form of the Creator's name, "Yah." "Hovah" in Hebrew means "ruin" or "mischief." (See Strong's
number 1943) Thus its meaning would be "Yahweh is ruinous," or "Yahweh is mischievous." Hovah is derived from havvah which means "eagerly coveting and rushing upon; by impl. of falling." (Strong)