The Pentagram as Pentagrammaton
The Pentagram as Pentagrammaton
Byzant Symbols - The Pentagram as Pentagrammaton
The pentagram is a powerful symbol of protection and balance in which the lower points represent the four manifest elements. Each point and element is shown in its characteristic color above: red for Fire, yellow for Air, blue for Water, and black for Earth. The four elements correspond to the four Kabbalistic worlds and hence to the four Hebrew letters or sounds of the Tetragrammaton, the holy "four-lettered name" of God from the Bible:
Remembering that Hebrew is read from right to left, this name, yod-heh-vav-heh, is most properly transliterated as YHVH, but sometimes as YHWH (Yahweh) or JHVH (Jehovah). The Tetragrammaton is obtained by taking the lower four points of the pentagram counterclockwise ("right to left") in turn, starting at the bottom-right.
The upper point of the pentagram is shown in white, representing the fifth, unifying element of Spirit. This point also symbolizes the Hebrew letter shin. Considering all five points of the pentagram in turn now, a new word is formed - the Pentagrammaton, or "five-lettered name:"
This new word, produced by placing shin in the middle of yod-heh-vav-heh, is yod-heh-shin-vav-heh, usually transliterated as YHShVH: Yeheshua (also translated as Yoshu or Joshua). While this was not an uncommon name, and indeed was the name of the man who succeeded Moses as the leader of Israel, Christian influence on the Western Mystery Tradition highlighted the fact that this is the name of Jesus in Hebrew (Jesus is the Greek form of Joshua, which means "the Lord saves"). Thus the pentagram illustrates the emanation of the Pentagrammaton (representing the mystical Christ) from the Tetragrammaton (representing the Godhead).
The Messiah's Hebrew Name: "Yeshua" Or "Yahshua"?
Dr. Daniel Botkin explains the Hebrew linguistics of the names "Yeshua" and "Yahshua" and how "Yahshua" is a mistransliteration by Sacred Name advocates to fit an erroneous interpretation of John 5:43 and how "Yeshua" is far more accurate. He also clearly establishes the fact that the English name "Jesus" has absolutely no pagan connection and is simply a derivation of "Yesous," the Greek transliteration of "Yeshua." Most important, Dr. Botkin addresses that slander and criticism surrounding the name controversy in entirely non-Scriptural and not glorifying to the Holy One of Israel.
The Messiah's Hebrew Name: "Yeshua" Or "Yahshua"?
by Dr. Daniel Botkin
The Messiah’s Hebrew name is usually transliterated as either Yeshua or Yahshua.
Under normal circumstances I would not bother to write an article about something as trivial as the difference between the vowel sounds "e" and "ah."
There is a need to address the subject, though, because some people who use the Yahshua form say untrue things about those who use the Yeshua form.
- The opponents of the Yeshua form claim that this pronunciation is the result of a Jewish conspiracy to hide the Savior’s true name. Those who call the Messiah Yeshua are accused of perpetuating a Jewish conspiracy and "denying His name" or "degrading Him" by their use of the Yeshua form.
If you have never read or heard these outlandish accusations, you probably will eventually. From time to time I receive personal letters to this effect.
The English form Jesus is derived from the New Testament Greek name Ihsouß, pronounced "Yesous." According to Strong’s, Yesous (Strong’s #2424) is "of Hebrew origin" and can be traced back to Joshua’s Hebrew name, Yehoshua (#3091, [wvwhy).
But how do we get the Greek Yesous from the Hebrew Yehoshua? Someone armed with nothing more than a Strong’s Concordance may have difficulty answering that question. Someone who reads the Bible in Hebrew, though, knows that the name Joshua sometimes appears in its shortened form, Yeshua ([wvy) in Neh. 8:17 it is apparent even in English: "Jeshua the son of Nun." (The letter J was pronounced like a Y in Old English.) Strong does not tell the reader that the Greek Yesous is actually transliterated from this shortened Hebrew form, Yeshua, and not directly from the longer form Yehoshua. The process from "Yehoshua" to "Jesus" looks like this:
Hebrew Yehoshua à Hebrew Yeshua
Hebrew Yeshua à Greek Yesous
Greek Yesous à English Jesus
The Messiah's Hebrew Name: "Yeshua" Or "Yahshua"?
