New revelation and knowledge often bring amazement and exhilaration. Assumptions and errors can hang over us and block us from moving ahead. Here is a case in point:

I woke early this morning, at least 5:30 AM was early for me. I felt I had to get back to my computer to launch the new version of my web site. As I typed in changes here and there, I saw something I had not noticed before. I looked at the Hebrew spelling of the name of one word and above it was the most popular transliteration of that word: “Elohim.” As I compared the two words so close to each other I realized that the most popular transliteration “Elohim” was not correct, at least not if you consider that the Hebrew word contains three ancient Hebrew vowels and only two consonants!

In the United states we speak many dialects. Many can recognize a New England dialect, or New York city speech, or someone from the deep south who makes multi-syllable words out of what others consider to be single syllable words and visa-versa, like “hey ed” from “head” and “Yawl” from “You all.” Lesser known dialects come from places like southern Ohio: “You’uns,” which I am not sure what that is a contraction of. And I was told by someone who had visited there that way up in the hills of Kentucky are folk who still speak with a British accent.

Well, when I looked at the Hebrew word for which I adopted the transliteration “Elohim,” I realized I was speaking with a deep accent, and that there was no way I could derive that sound from the Hebrew letters. The two consonants sound like our English “L” and “M”. The ancient Hebrew vowels, which got lost along the way were (1) “He,” which sounds like “AH,” (2) “Aleph,” which sounds like the “Eh” in egg and (3) “Yod,” which sounds like a long “E” and is used with the final form of Mem to form the plural “eem.”

So using the Hebrew vowels, the word unequivocally becomes “Eh - L - AH - EE - M” or ELAHIM which is the plural for “Eh - L - AH” or ELAH, Who is the One who is above All. The problem really goes back before the 10th century AD, where Hebrew, over the years, became deeply accented and affected by both the commonly spoken languages and their many dialects. Also the assumption that Hebrew had only consonants in its alphabet is really a myth, “Yawl.” The Masoretes, using that assumption, analyzed the language as it was currently spoken, and created vowel markings to “preserve” what they assumed to be correct. Or if not correct, then to them it mattered little that Hebrew at one time, and like other languages, actually had letters that were vowels.

I am not alone in this. Leonora Leet, Ph. D, wrote in her book, The Secret Doctrine of the Kabbalah that, considering the impact of recognizing ancient Hebrew vowels, the word mistakenly spelled YHWH consists solely of three vowels! Yod (long E), He (ah), Vau (oo). That means that the pronunciation, which will become a household word for all the people of the world, can only be “E - AH - OO - AH” or EYAHUWAH.

As a singer, I recognized the logic behind this. E - AH - OO - AH and Eh - LAH - EEM are perfectly formed for singing in any language. Much more pleasing than “Jeh-ho-vah.” A quick look at the Psalms shows that E - AH - OO - AH appears many times in the text at points where meditative emphasis would be appropriate.

When vowels are strung together like this, regardless of the language, the same consonants will form naturally as the sustained sound transitions from vowel to vowel. So EYAHUWAH will create consonants sounds ” E [y] AH [h]OO[w]AH” and ELAHIM creates “Eh - LAH[h]EEM.” Without allowing the naturally forming transitional consonant sounds, the singer might be forced to perform a glottal stop between the vowels! Thus both names can be sung in any language completely without any affectation from language or dialect.

At the point where I recognized my error, I felt free. Mainly because my writings had been “affected” by using a lesser pronunciation. I felt as though I was being held back in taking my books to the printer because this really needed to be changed.

These Names were intended to be known and sung once again. The reason some refused to say HaShem has more to do with saying it correctly than it does with superstitious fear. Because these names were created and given for us, we will profit greatly from their restoration. According to a comment in The Scriptures, a translation by the Institute for Scripture Research, South Africa, the prophecy about the restoration of the Names is also in eight other places in the Scriptures:

Here is what EYAHUWAH says (Isaiah 52:5-6):

And all day long my name is constantly blasphemed. Therefore my people will know my name; therefore in that day they will know that it is I who foretold it. Yes, it is I.

ELAHIM: {ehl-ah-eem’} a masculine, plural noun. The plural of Elah. Found in the Hebrew Scriptures, it is the noun most often translated into the English word “God”. Unfortunately, the word “God” does not carry the same meaning as Elahim.

“God” as a noun may have lost any real meaning of its own. Most often “God” takes the meaning imposed by the person, priest, preacher, or religion using the word. All of us have a definition of “God”. A god can be made out of stone, metal, wood, paint, or a personal concept or idea. A person can be a god, in the minds of other people. Too often, the existence of “god” depends upon our belief. The word for God in Greek was attributed to a pantheon of gods, not just one god.

Having studied both Hebrew and Greek, I found that Hebrew, by far, is the best “Theological” language. Nothing else comes close. Greek tends toward philosophy. It has one word for “God”: “theos.” Whereas Hebrew can have hundreds of names. The basic names are El, Elah, and Elahim And virtually an unlimited number of names can be created by combining “El” with other words. Elijah, Elisha are examples. Elijah, however, is pronounced “Ehl-ee-yah-hoo” in Hebrew.

However, can we truly say we understand the real meaning of Elahim? The word really refers to a Kingdom of Elah or Mighty Ones. According to the Scriptures multiple millions of powerful beings inhabit the Kingdom of Elah. Elahim established a connection with humanity from the beginning:

In the beginning Elahim created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:1

Elahim said, “Let US make man in OUR image and after OUR likeness.”
Genesis 1:26

Elahim contains Beings, some with very great and important jobs, who plan and do great things and who serve as powers, messengers and judges. The Scriptures are full of descriptions about Elahim. In the Domain of Elah are “thousands upon thousands and ten-thousand times ten-thousand” messengers (the meaning of “angels”). There are almighty (with unlimited power) beings such as, The Ancient or Head of Days, the Lord of Spirits, the Chosen one who was given a name, 24 Elders, specially chosen armies, beings who control the universe and activities on earth, and beings with special tasks like helping us get through life. The list goes on. In the New Testament the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven are the same as the Kingdom or Domain of Elah. When the New Testament is translated into Hebrew this is how it reads.

Even though we may not know about Elahim and this connection or even believe that there is such a thing, the existence of Elahim is not created or sustained by our knowledge, religion, or belief. The connection exists because Elahim made and sustains it. When we understand it, our life and existence depends upon The Elahim Connection — not the other way around.

What The Elahim Connection is not

If you were to go to a web search site like Google and enter the keywords “Elohim Connection”, you might be surprised, as I was, to see some weird stuff: connections to the Incas, Easter Island, UFOs, Elohim City in Oklahoma, photographs of strange appearing rituals, channeled messengers. There is enough stuff there to scare off most people.

Why an “Elahim Connection”?

I chose the words “Elahim Connection” simply because it seemed to be the most succinct way to express what appears to be the “spine” of Scripture. I started with the word “Elohim” only to find out later that this was not helpful, even though the word is the most popular transliteration. “Elahim” is closer to the Hebrew when you consider that three of the letters are ancient Hebrew vowels - not consonants. The words Elah and Elahim help understanding. The relationship between Elah and Elahim becomes very clear.

If there was a word in the English language that could communicate the same understanding as “Elahim“, then I might use that. But there isn’t. Using the plural “Gods”, doesn’t work either. The reason is there are some beings in Elahim who would refuse our worship because of their rank and because “for a little while” we have been made lower than them!

What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You made him for a little while [marg.] lower than the angels [messengers]; you crowned him with glory and honor and put everything under his feet. In putting everything under him [mankind], God [Elah] left nothing that is not subject to him. Yet at preset we do not see everything subject to him [mankind]. But we see Jesus [Eyahushuah] who was made for a little while [marg.] lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor!
Hebrews 2:6-9: quoting from Psalm 8:4-6

Without Elahim, frankly, there would not be Scriptures. The fact a body of material called Scriptures does, in fact, exist, is really a testimony to the existence of Elahim.

People may not be offended by saying we have a “connection with God.” But would they at the same time consider it blasphemy to say we have a connection with Elah and Elahim: the Hebrew words that the English speaking people translate so freely with the singular noun “God?”

This problem stems from the popular concept that “God” implies monotheism (our favorite religion) and a somewhat valid translation for the Hebrew “Elah” but not so for Elahim And in that context, Christian religions try to explain a “trinity” of “Gods”. They sing: “God in three persons, blessed Trinity.” Why not sing “God in countless millions, blessed Elahim?” That, at least, is closer to what the Scriptures say.

The word “Elahim” implies polytheism! Read in your Bible Genesis 6:1-4? Also read Hebrews 2:10-11. Can you explain it?

The original theology of the Israelites, for example, may have envisioned Yahweh as one god among many. One of the Hebrew words used in the Bible to describe the God of Israel is Elohim a plural noun meaning “gods.”
Jonathan Kirsch, “God Against the Gods”

What does the polytheism implications of Elahim really mean — for you and me?

Solving Mysteries

Research reveals something completely unique: the existence, identity, power, love and purpose of One who is greater than everything else that exists — including Elahim! Elahim, according to the Kabbalah, is a manifestation of the One — the One who has neither beginning or end of days: the Deathless One: Elah. What does this mean?

This is a mystery.

Another phrase in the Hebrew Scriptures is YHWH Elahim, translated as “Lord God”. This seems to say YHWH is from Elahim as though Elahim is a family name. This is expanded in other phrases translated as “Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel”, which means “YHWH of Armies, the Elahim of Israel.”

However, using “YHWH” or “Yahweh” or “Jehovah” to transliterate, or “Lord” to translate the Tetragrammaton hides important scriptural prophecies. The real pronunciation of the Name, believed to be unknown, is prophesied to be revealed along with the depth of the meaning of all the Names, before the close of this age.

Leonora Leet, in her book, “The Secret Doctrine of the Kabbalah, Recovering the Key to Hebraic Secret Science,” wrote, after much discussion on the subject:

Beginning from the premise that the Tetragrammaton letters were not converted to vowels but were always three long vowels, the original full pronunciation can be unequivocally given as EYAHUWAH.

However, the sound of the Name was secretly kept in the Hebrew pronunciation of the name Elijah (EL EE AH OO) for centuries and can be known today! (See above) The Name is made of three Hebrew vowels, not consonants. And the Name was to be sung ["ee - ah - oo - ah"] in prayer and during Temple services, particularly at the time of the daily sacrifices in the evening and morning. Hence, substitutes, like those above, are weak and meaningless!

Here is what EYAHUWAH says (Isaiah 52:5-6):

And all day long my name is constantly blasphemed. Therefore my people will know my name; therefore in that day they will know that it is I who foretold it. Yes, it is I.

And in another place speaking to the people of all the Nations of Israel (Hosea 2:17-18):

“In that day,” declares EYAHUWAH, “you will call me ‘my husband’; you will no longer call me ‘my master’ [Lord or literally 'Baali']. I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips; no longer will their names be invoked.”