Peace be upon you,
In Islam the name of God is 'Allah' (Arabic). What do Christians call God in the original languages of the Prophets ? I purchased a Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible at a local Bible book store for $20.00 (it's a huge book. It gives every word in the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures of the Bible in the order of appearance in the Bible, and then gives an "exhaustive" definition of the words via word numbers, so you can look up hebrew and greek words at your convenience. The word "God" is an Anglo-Saxon word used by Europeans who converted to Christianity, and has a Germanic basis. The Hebrew word for the Anglo-Saxon "God" is "EL", Eloheme, and derivitives of that word. EL is singular, while "Eloheme" is plural, but designates a singular being, not many. When I traced that word "EL" back to its origins in Strongs, I found that it is derived from anunused root word, Auwl, which means "pillar, mighty oak", and another unused root, "uwl", which means to "tie together to form indivisibility", basically. Since Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic are related languages, it makes sense that many centuries prior to these cultures defining themselves, these words evolved into "EL", and "Allah" for two related cultures. Because an oak tree has rings, and because a net or rope is formed of fibres that make it "one" entity, which in turn forms fabric, also "one" entity, it is easy to see how "one" being can also be "triune", hence Christianity believes in a multi-faceted, "Triune" God, or EL. The word "EL" is not a name, it is a POSITION, or TYPE. You are a human, but this is a dog, and that is a fish...and this over here? it is an EL. While there are many humans, dogs and fish, there is only ONE EL, hence the belief in monotheism in all three related faiths. EL means self-existant, uncreated being.
In Exodus 3:13 Moses asks the same question of EL than you are asking, namely, "what is your name that I may tell the people?" EL tells Moses that his name is YHWH, which is translated in English Bibles as "I AM that I AM". Hebrew, as Arabic, leaves out vowels, so we do not know the pronounciation of YHWH, but in English we say Yehovah, which means Salvation. Therefore, the self-existant, uncreated being told Moses that his name is "Salvation". We know that EL and YHWH are the "same" being, not separate beings.
When "Jesus" was born, his mother was instructed to name him "Emanuel" which literally translates from the Hebrew/Aramaic as "God is with us". Another "form" of this name is "Joshua", which means "Salvation", i.e. The name EL told Moses belonged to him. Because the miracles of Jesus match those of Jehovah in the Old Testament, and because Jesus identified himself to the woman at the well as "God", and told the religious leaders that he is "I AM", Christians believe that Jesus was God upon earth, literally, not that God is human, but that God's spirit can be upon things on earth to teach us, as in the burning bush, the 10 commandments, and also a human being, Jesus. Declaring ones self to be God in Israel was high treason against Jewish law, plus since the main population wanted him declared King, which was treason against Rome, the Jewish leaders decided his death would solve the "treason" problem on both levels. His resurrection however, foiled that.
the Jesus movement within Israeli Judaism was taken to the Gentiles by a man named Saul, who was trained as a religious expert of Judaism and was very much against anything Jesus, until Jesus himself appeared to Saul, blinded him, explained things to him, and Saul's mind and heart were changed. His name then changed to Paul, the Apostle. Paul brought the message of Jesus to the Greek Jews and Greek pagans. The Greeks honored Joshua of Nazareth by re-naming him, giving him the name of their highest-status deity, Zeus, hence he was called "Iesous" (pronounced Yea-Zeus) from then on, even by European pagan converts. The europeans slapped their love for Jesus into their own pagan festivals because they didn't know anything about semitic culture, festivals or rules, so we get the Jewish Messiah mixed up with pagans who loved him and gave him their highest position in their own faith and rituals. Eventually, the letter "J" was invented, and the name of the Jewish messiah, Joshua was written as Jesus. And that is it. Hope that helps you! Oh, by the way, you should re-read the story of Abraham, Sarah and Hagar, and their sons Ishmael and Isaac in the Biblical book of Genesis, because God (EL) himself orders Hagar to go back and "dwell in peace" in Abraham's tent (i.e. Abraham's family, with Sarah and her son Isaac). If things had worked out right, Jews and muslims would be one big happy family today, IF they would only follow EL's instructions of 5000 years ago!, But I believe this passage is also prophetic and one day Jews, muslims and Christians will live in perfect peace and we will all recognize and love "Jesus".
I was told Prophet Moses (peace be upon him) spoke Hebrew and God in Hebrew is Eloha. Is this correct ?
I know some Christians call God Jehova but I was told there is no letter in Hebrew that represent the sound of 'J'. So Prophet Moses (peace be upon him) could not have called God Jehova.
I was also told that Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him) spoke Aramiac (a dialect of Arabic) , and God in Aramiac is Alaha.
All three languages are semitic and share a common root, which to me makes sense as the name of God in the three semitic religions would be Allah, Alaha and Eloha (very close in sound).
I think the original old and new testaments must have been written in Hebrew and Aramaic (the sister languages of Arabic)
Thanks for your prompt reply
