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Over the past few years there has been a growing number of people who are re-creating the Hebrew alphabet and claiming that the Hebrew pronunciations used today is not Hebrew, but Assyrian and each Ancient Hebrew letter was a syllable; a, ba, ga, da, ha, etc.
They call this “alphabet” the “Lashawan Qadash,” their pronunciation of the Hebrew phrase lashon qodesh meaning “holy tongue,” or “holy language.
To illustrate their pronunciation of the Lashawa Qadash, letÂ’s look at Genesis 1:1. According to the Masoretic Hebrew text this verse is pronounced; BÂ’reshiyt bara elohiym et hashamayim vÂ’et haÂ’arets. But according to this group, the original pronunciation was; Barashayat bara alahayam at hashamayam wat harat.
There are several problems with this “re-creation” of the alphabet. If you attempted to speak Hebrew to someone who knows Hebrew, you would be completely unintelligible and probably mocked for your pronunciation.
Those who are making this claim have no evidence to back up it up.
The evidence from ancient texts suggests that the pronunciation of the Masoretic text is correct, or at least more correct than this new theory of pronunciation. LetÂ’s take the name Israel as an example. In Hebrew, this word is pronounced YisÂ’raÂ’eyl, but they believe that this was originally pronounced yasharala.
While there is no evidence to support this new style of pronunciation, there is evidence to refute it. Here is the name Israel from the Masoretic Hebrew Bible, which dates to about 1,000 AD. ?????????? The first letter is a yud with a “y” sound. This is the vowel pointing for the letter “I”. This is the letter sin, identified by the dot on the left of the letter, and pronounced with an “s,” as opposed to the letter shin, with a “sh” sound, when the dot is on the right. This is the vowel sh’va, which is silent. Here is the letter resh with an “r” sound. Here is the vowel qamats representing the “a” vowel. This is the letter aleph, which is silent. This is the vowel tsere representing the vowel pronunciation “ey.” And lastly the letter lamed with an “l” sound. However, these vowel pointings were created by the Masorites a thousand years ago and prior to this; this is how this word would appear.
Those who teach the Lashawan Qadash are making the claim that this would be pronounced Yasharala. So how do we know if this was originally pronounced yisraÂ’eyl or yasharala? I canÂ’t tell you how it was pronounced 3,000 years ago, but I can tell you how it was pronounced 2,000 years ago. 2,000 years ago the Jews translated the Hebrew Bible into Greek. This Greek translation of the Bible is called the Septuagint. But when it came to names the translators transliterated the names into Greek, which help us to learn how Hebrew was pronounced 2,000 years ago. In the Greek Septuagint the name Israel was written like this and is pronounced IsraÂ’eyl.
It is not Yasharala ?????? Nowhere, in any ancient document, do we find evidence supporting the Lashawan qadash, but we find ample proof supporting the pronunciations found in the 1,000 year old Masoretic Hebrew Bible.
I am of the opinion that those who are using this style of Hebrew pronunciation are doing so in order to not have to learn or worry about the rules of pronunciation.
They are making a short cut to prevent themselves from having to learn how to pronounce Hebrew words correctly.
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William A. Carswell, Sr. & John Dunbar – 2018 Jehovah’s Witnesses Conventions 7.3.18
Author: WKYCPublished: 1:41 PM EDT July 3, 2018Updated: 1:41 PM EDT July 3, 2018William A. Carswell, Sr., PSA Contact & Media Services Coordinator and John Dunbar, Program Overseer Week 2 are here to discuss what you can expect from the 2018 Jehovah’s Witnesses Conventions happening this month.
For More Information:
2018 Jehovah’s Witnesses Conventions
Wolstein Center at 21st & Prospect Ave.
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A working group from the Ministry of Defence said that Finland's laws exempting Jehovah's Witnesses from military conscription should be abolished.
The working group presented their report - which proposes that Finland repeal the exemption law - to Defence Minister Jussi Niinistö on Monday.
Every year in Finland some 20,000 young men take part in the country's mandatory military conscription programme. Instead of serving in the military, young men have the option of carrying out their national service in civilian settings.
But young Jehovah's Witnesses have had the right to refuse to serve the country - militarily or even in a civilian capacity - since 1987.
The topic of whether followers of the Christian denomination should be compelled to serve in Finland's military has been debated for years.
Teemu Penttilä, leader of the defence ministry working group behind the report, said the time to change the law has arrived.
"The civil service [system] has changed significantly in recent years. For example, religious communities now offer places of employment [in civil service]. There has been a clear societal change," Penttilä said.
Long history
Finland has been dealing with this issue for more than a decade. In 2006 a Defence Ministry working group examined the topic but did not reach any conclusions. A similar effort - this time consulting foreign experts - was carried out in 2009 but had similar results.
Efforts by defence ministers in 2011 and 2013 also failed to reach a solution. The subject re-emerged this year. In a pivotal ruling, the Helsinki Court of Appeal found that permitting male Jehovah's Witnesses to avoid conscription was discriminatory.
The implementation of the law protecting Jehovah's Witnesses from conscription more than three decades ago came as a response to criticism Finland received from the UN Human Rights Committee. The committee said it viewed conscientious objectors as prisoners of conscience and accused Finland of not fulfilling its international obligations.
Before the law changed in the late 1980s, every year dozens of Jehovah's Witnesses were jailed for not complying with conscription laws.
Increase in total objectors possible
Jehovah's Witness' spokesperson Veikko Leinonen has previously said Finland's laws on mandatory civil service violate the religious group's authority.
Leinonen warned that abolishing the exemption would result in a return to the situation before the law was instated, and that members of the church would rather choose to serve jail sentences than serve.
But the Defence Ministry's Penttilä disagreed, saying that the working group consulted several Jehovah's Witnesses representatives who vowed that no one would be excluded from the church for carrying out civil service duties.
"We're aware there's a risk the number of total objectors may rise. But the working group found that it will not be a significant increase," Penttilä said.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. - The Olympia Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses was heavily damaged in an overnight fire that investigators are calling suspicious.
Firefighters say the fire at the hall at 2225 Cain Road Southeast was called in at 3:07 a.m. Tuesday.Â
Investigators are trying to determine how it started.
A person of interest was picked up by officers about eight blocks from the hall. Police say he had soot on his hands but it is not yet known if he is a witness or a suspect.
The fire is the second at the place of worship this year. In March, a fire was started on an exterior wall there with the use of an accelerant, like gasoline, according to investigators.
In that fire, Olympia police released surveillance video of the arsonist setting the fire, in the hope that someone would recognize him. No one was arrested.
A second fire at a Jehovah Witnesses Hall in Tumwater was also deemed arson earlier this year.
Police said the person of interest in Tuesday's fire does not match the description of the person who set fire to the same hall in March.
No injuries were reported.
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This is incredible news... Government itself has been stopped by organized crime.
Soon to come to the USA?
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Check out THIS MOBILE FOLDABLE Literature Cart!
Complete with Heating and Air Conditioning for those not so comfortable days.
Solar panels for lighting at night.
Although I am wondering how we can make one that is handicap accessible?
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Thank you @Atlantis4
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Les autorités russes ont intensifié leur campagne dÂ’intimidation en arrêtant et en mettant en prison des Témoins de Jéhovah parce quÂ’ils pratiquent leur culte.
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7 hours ago, Srecko Sostar said:
this link doesn't work, opens something else (Top 5 Fitness Gym Tips)
can you see why?
Looks like we've lost it for good. Sorry.
Maybe @Atlantis4 might still have a copy?
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Would you all check the state you are in and reply below if we are missing an AH in your area?
If possible please post a photo or video from youtube about it.
Thank you.
Many hands make light work....
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Would you all check the state you are in and reply below if we are missing an AH in your area?
If possible please post a photo or video from youtube about it.
Thank you.
Many hands make light work....
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Would you all check the state you are in and reply below if we are missing an AH in your area?
If possible please post a photo or video from youtube about it.
Thank you.
Many hands make light work....
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Ist es möglich, dass sich die messianischen Prophezeiungen an mehr als einer Person erfüllen?
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Why Are These JW Sisters in Texas ALL Wearing Yellow Bandanas?
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There is not special about the yellow... here are some blue ones.... although I'm not sure why they all want to dress the same? Usually the sisters always say they DON"T want to wear the same dress as another sister.... or am I wrong?