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Updated: 2020.09.10 
© 1994 by Yi•rᵊmᵊyâhꞋu Bën-Dâ•widꞋ
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(Verbatim quotations ≤200 words with conventional scholarly citation encouraged.)
Don't תַזְכִּ֙ירוּ֙ the name of an ël•ōh•imꞋ, nor may it be heard from your mouth (Shᵊm•ōtꞋ 23.13)
and by name, you may not תַזְכִּ֙ירוּ֙ their ël•ōh•imꞋ, nor may you swear/vow by them, nor may you work for them nor prostrate yourself to(ward) them (Yᵊhō•shūꞋa 23.7)
24.16 wa-Yi•qᵊr•âꞋ – וְנֹקֵב שֵׁם-י‑‑ה מוֹת יוּמָת
נֹקֵב — The derivation of "augur/auger", is likely dissimilated from the same etymology. The ancient carpenter and stone mason applied an auger-drill to "auger, force-out or express-forth" material from wood or stone, thereby drilling a circular hole. Claiming that this methodology worked on spirits widely believed to be in wood (hence, "touch wood!"), stone (gold, etc.) idols and stone mountains, the soothsayer (seer, necromancer, prophet, etc.) applied a precise magic incantation enchantment claiming to "augur, force-out or express forth" imagined elements of power from the name of an imagined powerful spirit or demon. The soothsayer (sorcerer, wizard, warlock, etc.) then claimed to command the extracted powers to their own magical, supernatural apotropaic amulet, talisman, charm or other purpose—the ultimate prayer: harnessing ël•ōh•imꞋ to a mortal's command for ultimate power, wealth, fame and power over death. Exactly the opposite of legitimate prayer. (Legitimate prayer, by contrast, thanks and praises the Existant, petitioning only that the petitioner be empowered to understand and achieve what to do, and how, in order to be in harmony with, and contribute to the Existant's Will and Plan—asking no more, and no less.)
נֹקֵב was Hellenized in LXX (the Hellenized Greek edition, purportedly Hellenized 3 centuries before the destruction of Herod's (Hellenized) Second "Temple"—and most preferred by Christians, who believe in the Hellenized Διαθηκη Καινη (NT), the earliest extant copies of which were bundled in the same two 4th century C.E. codices!).
In Greek, ὄνομα is the noun and ονομαζω is the unconjugated root form of the verb "to name." Now consider the Hellenized verse: LXX Λευϊτικὸν 24.16:
Ὀνομάζων δὲ τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου, θανάτω θανατούσθω… ἐάν τε προσήλυτος ἐάν τε αὐτόχθων ἐν τῶ ὀνομἐσαι αὐτὸν τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου τελευτάτω.
Notice that the English tradition of repetition, "naming" (i.e. enchanting by) … "Name," is explicitly Hellenized from the Greek: ὀνομἐσαι – ὄνομα. As a result, the evolution of the verb נֹקֵב has resulted in translations varying from "pronounce" to "blaspheme".
While the points above are logically sufficient to clarify the explicit definition of the subject of this capital offense prohibition regarding the Name, Ta•na"khꞋ is even more explicit, using the verb חִלֵּל, which (along with its derivative, חוֹל) is found to be a synonym corroborating and reinforcing נֹקֵב—augering-out, hollowing-out.
18.21 wa-Yi•qᵊr•âꞋ – וְלֹא תְחַלֵּל אֶת-שֵׁם אֱלֹהֶיךָ
חִלֵּל is also used in wa-Yi•qᵊr•âꞋ 19.12; 22.2, 32; Yᵊsha•yâhꞋu 48.11; and Â;Ꞌmōs 2.7.
American English tends to blur profanity with cursing. But profanity is merely the absence, or vacuum, of sanctity or holiness – in other words, that which is ordinary, regular or common. In Tor•âhꞋ too, חוֹל is the antonym of קֹדֶשׁ. At the conclusion of every Sha•bâtꞋ, every moderate Orthodox Jew prays Ha•vᵊdâl•âhꞋ, which concludes:
… הַמַּבְדִּיל בֵּין קֹדֶשׁ לְחוֹל
All Jews – who authored, translated, taught and practiced the Principles of these documents – recognized that ordinary – profane – conversation, writing and communication falls within the purview of חוֹל. To argue that goy•imꞋ know more about what it means (even though they can't read the first word of it) than those who wrote the book and have studied it for millennia, is the ultimate in presumptuousness, arrogance and folly – as well as Displacement Theology . Further explanation of the errors of the Καινής Διαθήκης, as well as the proper spelling of various Hebrew names, is found in The Nᵊtzâr•imꞋ Reconstruction of Hebrew Ma•ti•tᵊyâhꞋu (NHM, in English).
Moreover, even Prof. Hartman, acknowledged that "at least by the B.C.E. 3rd century, the pronunciation of the Name י‑‑ה was avoided" (though Hartman also erred in assuming the modern substitution of "A•don•âiꞋ"; whereas the B.C.E. 3rd century substitution by the Kha•shᵊmōn• âyꞋim was 
). This necessarily means that during the life of RibꞋi Yᵊho•shuꞋa in the 1st century C.E., י‑‑ה wasn't pronounced except by the Hellenist pseudo-Tzᵊdoq•imꞋ "High Priest", in the Hellenized "Temple", on Yom ha-Ki•pur•imꞋ. Since RibꞋi Yᵊho•shuꞋa – the Mâ•shiꞋakh – didn't criticize this Ha•lâkh•âhꞋ, certainly no modern-day non-religious Jew, much less some goy, may override and displace the mi•tzᵊwâhꞋ (Dân•iy•eilꞋ 7.25)!
Yet, we know that Mōsh•ëhꞋ and the Nᵊviy•imꞋ frequently uttered and wrote names that are documented to also have been local false ël•ōh•imꞋ, explicitly specifying prohibitions against uttering them. Best known is probably בַּעַל (& בֵּל), which simply means "master" or "lord" and is widely and routinely used in a variety of innocent ways (see link). Even the "name", 
, itself is a Descriptor or Designator (Existant), not a proper name.
The verses above prohibit any perceived legitimacy that might result from the utterance of the name of any ël•ōh•imꞋ (or spirit, demon, dryad/wood-fairy ["knock on wood"], etc.) in connection with prayers, worship, vows, swearing, petitions or any incantation of a spell, enchantment, bewitchery or association with an apotropaic "good luck" charm, amulet or talisman—e.g. a "khamsa", and even by associating such mystical enchantments with the required mᵊzuz•âhꞋ or tᵊphil•inꞋ as "good luck charms"—by idolatrously believing it to have, or channel, supernatural power(s).
The transition from the profane [Kᵊna•an•iꞋ] usage of י‑‑ה to the holiness afforded the Name by Torah (Judaism) was an integral aspect of the frequently mentioned theme in Ta•na"khꞋ to rid Israel of the [Kᵊna•an•iꞋ] pagan and idolatrous practices – which included profaning the Name.
Prof. Hartman also asserted that "More precisely, [avoidance of pronouncing the name י‑‑ה] was caused by a misunderstanding of the Third mi•tzᵊw•otꞋ (Shᵊm•otꞋ 20.7; Dᵊvâr•imꞋ 5.11) as meaning "Thou shalt not take the Name of י‑‑ה thy god in vain,' whereas it really means 'You shall not swear falsely by the Name of י‑‑ה your [ël•oh•imꞋ]' (JPS)." It means both! Prof. Hartman and the Jewish Publication Society (JPS) should have consulted Klein's Dictionary! and taken a few classes in discrete logic! (All false oaths are profane, but not everything profane is a false oath.) Beyond merely false swearing by the Name, the original Hebrew prohibits any vain uttering of the Name. (This is forcefully confirmed even in the Hellenized LXX Greek.)
Relying on English distortions and oblivious to the holiness that the Bible mi•tzᵊw•otꞋ have accorded the Name, many goy•imꞋ zealously revel boastfully, presumptuously and arrogantly, unaware that they are profaning the Name!!! Widespread ignorance of the implications of the original, Hebrew, of the source text has contributed to a general failure to recognize the explicit Tōr•âhꞋ.
Unless there is explicit logic, science or hard evidence in NHM that RibꞋi Yᵊho•shuꞋa differed with a point of his contemporary Ha•lâkh•âhꞋ, or some some advancement in knowledge—i.e. הָעוֹלָם הִשְׁתַּנָּה (mundus mutatus
), then the earliest pristine Oral Law of Har Sin•aiꞋ (not an alien secular, western and/or idolatrous opinion) represents both the practice and teaching of RibꞋi Yᵊho•shuꞋa the Mâ•shiꞋakh and his earliest followers – the Nᵊtzâr•imꞋ. In other words, until logically demonstrated otherwise, Oral Law of Har Sin•aiꞋ is Nᵊtzâr•imꞋ Ha•lâkh•âhꞋ of the Nᵊtzâr•imꞋ Beit Din in Israel!
Certainly not to be lost in all of this, while the Encyclopedia Judaica is an important reference source, it is neither Ta•na"khꞋ nor Ha•lâkh•âhꞋ; the editors aren't infallible, and it's never justified to blindly and unquestioningly accept merely what is convenient to one's way of thinking without—knowledgeably—considering both opposing evidence and the consensus of scholars. Ta•na"khꞋ obligates you to study and be informed—in the original Hebrew Scripture.
To utter—or write—the Tetragrammaton with any less sanctity than is proper is to treat the Name routinely, mundanely—i.e. vainly or profanely—profaning the Name (Descriptor or Designator).
Writing the Name (or Descriptor or Designator) renders the page itself קֹדֶשׁ—requiring that the entire page be treated with the appropriate sanctity. The Name (Designator or Descriptor) of our Existant is not חוֹל and must never be treated as חוֹל! Cf. NHM note 1.22.1.
Ta•na"khꞋ commands Israel to separate between the קֹדֶשׁ and the חוֹל. So what is קֹדֶשׁ? קֹדֶשׁ is setting something apart to י‑‑ה, consecrating it to י‑‑ה, dedicating it to י‑‑ה and treating it with special reverence and devotion due something consecrated to י‑‑ה. It no longer belongs to the individual!!! קֹדֶשׁ is separate from, and the opposite of, something חוֹל. That is exactly what חוֹל means: ordinary and routine – profane, anything short of קֹדֶשׁ. When you treat, or cause to be treated, as חוֹל a book, paper or other communication containing the Name, then you have "profaned the Name." You must learn to relate in, and become obedient to, the original language, not English. Clearly, Tor•âhꞋ explicitly prohibits not merely "blaspheming" as English versions convey, but all routine usage of the Name, חוֹל, which falls short of קֹדֶשׁ.
Whenever the Name, the four-letter tetragrammaton, is written, the paper or book on which the Name is written takes on special consecration because of the Name written on it. The paper or book can then no longer be treated in as חוֹל because that would profane the Name. Dare you place the Name in the hands of goy•imꞋ who have no grasp of how to treat the Name as קֹדֶשׁ, and will certainly treat the Name as חוֹל as a result of your action? For this, not only are they profaning the Name, you are also responsible for profaning the Name. Every paper or book containing the Name must be treated according to Ha•lâkh•âhꞋ, in some respects like the SeiphꞋër Tor•âhꞋ, a Ta•na"khꞋ, or a Si•durꞋ.
For one thing, when they become old and no longer usable קֹדֶשׁ items are not merely thrown away like a חוֹל book or paper. Dare you write the Name when you know the person receiving may well throw it in the garbage? One washes one's hands before handling a קֹדֶשׁ book because it contains the Name. Dare you place the Name in unwashed hands? Even into hands that are חוֹל and not קֹדֶשׁ? One does not take it into a bathroom, set it on the floor, etc. But if you routinely (i.e., profanely) write the tetragrammaton in חוֹל correspondence and publications what happens to the Name then? Not only do you profane the Name, do you really think that all of the recipients of your letters and publications even have the knowledge of how to treat the Name קֹדֶשׁ? When they treat the Name as חוֹל then both they and you are jointly profaning the Name – and you are the cause! If you're serious about the "Holiness of the Name" then learn some Hebrew and truly sanctify the Name in the SeiphꞋër Tor•âhꞋ, the Ta•na"khꞋ and the Si•durꞋ. Join us in legitimate Judaism and learn how to treat the Name as קֹדֶשׁ, no more to treat it as חוֹל.
Even Ta•lᵊmudꞋ uses the substitute.
Nor was Hellenized LXX deemed קֹדֶשׁ enough to spell out the Name (substituting κυρίου)!!!
The notion of a man-god is Akkadian-Babylonian and Egyptian-derived idolatry! Equating the idolatrous man-god with, lᵊ‑ha•vᵊdilꞋ, the Existant is, beyond profanity, blasphemy!
From its very inception—deposing the 15th Nᵊtzâr•imꞋ Pâ•qidꞋ in 135 C.E. and displacing him with the 1st gentile ἐπίσκοπος—Christianity was "born gentile" as a displacement mythology, the Hellenist (i.e., idolatrous) Roman Catholic Church, derived from the Apostate Paul's Καινής Διαθήκης and 7 churches in Turkey (not Israel nor Yᵊru•shâ•laꞋyim); despite the most vehement ignorance-based protestations; the root of every Christian sect and every Christian, no exception!!!*
*If you're determined to be faithful to Ta•na"khꞋ, then you must renounce Christianity, the Christian man-
godand the Christian Καινής Διαθήκης; henceforth identifying instead, solely as an aspiring YᵊhūdꞋâh/Bën-Yi•sᵊr•â•eilꞋ! Descendants of Avᵊrâ•hâmꞋ are ordained to be examples illuminating mankind to DërꞋëkh י‑‑ה (i.e. Ta•na"khꞋ), the original and ultimate "evangelists" to mankind, leading to our Existant Creator-Singularity; not yet-another cult of shaman-priest, pretend-gatekeepers to "heaven". No mortal on this infinitesimally tiny planet in our vast universe has any authority to deny your innate right as a human being to relate and follow your Creator-Singularity of the universe!!! Just study the Hebrew Ta•na"khꞋ and do it!
Christianity depended upon the Hellenist Greek LXX, and has sought to discredit "physical Israel," by means of the doctrine called "Displacement Theology" (or, more popularly, "Replacement Theology"), displacing the people who entered the bᵊrit י‑‑ה; the people who practice and teach (and, for most of history, the only people who could read and write) the Tor•âhꞋ entrusted by our Existant to Avᵊrâ•hâmꞋ and Yi•sᵊr•â•eilꞋ. The Displacement Theology of the Church teaches that the Church is the true "spiritual Israel." Out of this disinformation and conflict arose the longing in many hearts today to return to the authentic י‑‑ה, and that's praiseworthy. But accomplishing this can only be done by cutting through Christianity's disinformation and getting back to the people who literally wrote the Book; the people to whom י‑‑ה has entrusted His DërꞋëkh י‑‑ה, to clutching בִּכְנַף֩ any Ta•na"khꞋ-faithful Jew in geographic Israel (Zᵊkhar•yâhꞋ 8.20-23 & chap. 10).
Jews have never been a race. Whether or not you are, or will become, a Jew is the result of your own personal choice to accept or reject Ta•na"khꞋ exclusively as your life practice. For a non-Jew to imagine that his or her communications are worthy of uttering or writing the Name, i.e. holier than much of the writings of the original people who recorded and transcribed Ta•na"khꞋ (and for most of history were the only ones who could read and write it) is absurdly self-delusional and patently blasphemous in the extreme.
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