WHY DO WE USE THE PRONUNCIATION YAHUEH?
יהוה
(EE-AH-OO-EH)
There are many different pronunciations that Yisraelite camps use for the name of the Creator. To name a few: Yahweh, Yahwah, Yahuah, Yahwih, Yahawah. Eventhough we are not on one accord, yet, with the pronunciation; one thing that we are on one accord with is the letters or Hebrew characters that spells His name-
יהוה
In this article of study our intention is not to attack anyone on the pronunciation that they use, but rather to explain why those of us use the pronounciation EE-AH-OO-EH, or Yahueh. We believe that the Creator will establish His truth about His name to those who truly desire to walk in His ways, Ezekiel 39:7.
BACK TO BASICS
When we speak of the Father's name we must understand a basic truth; the 4 letters are vowels and not consonants. In English, we use four consonants and pseudo- vowels to symbolize the four vowels. Many students of this way, incorrectly, will say that Hebrew was a language without vowels until the addition of the nikkud, vowel points, were laid down by the Masoretes. This is incorrect. There are four Hebrew letters that function as vowels in words. These letters are:
Al or alef - א
Yud or yad - י
Uau or Waw - ו
Hey - ה
These letters are known by the Latin term, matres lectionis, "Mother of Reading."
Vowel sounds are made mostly with the breath, while consonants are made with a combination of the teeth, tongue, throat, and breath for the sound to be produced. Try sounding out the sounds of our own English alphabet. Notice how the vowels are breathed out almost without effort. Hebrew, as well as other Shemitic languages did not have vowel points in their origins; they had matre lectionis. Even today, if you picked up a modern Israeli newspaper, you will see almost no nikkud / vowel points. Someone who wasn't familiar with the language wouldn't be able to read the newspaper without the vowel points. If a native speaker saw, אברהם, they would easily read 'Abraham.' A novice, however, would need the vowel points to pronounce the same name.
The Masoretes were a group of scholars that purposed to preserve the proper pronunciation of the Thurah around 600AD. When the ancient Hebrew texts were written, whether in cuneiform or on papyrus scrolls, the reader understood the combination of symbols without the assistance of the vowels points. We, native English speakers / readers would be able to do the same thing today. Try the following:
_N G_N_R_L, S_NGL_ V_W_LS _R_ N_T C_NS_ST_NT.
How about: TTYL BRB BFF? Most of us would have no problem translating these abbreviations, but if you would show them to maybe an older person who is unfamiliar with text language; they would probably have no idea what they meant.
The pointings, or nikkud, were done linguistically. It was a deliberate system that was not done outside of reason and logic. Lets look at the first syllable in Abraham's name,
אב. - The symbol under the al / alef is called a patak; it has an "ah" sound. Together, these two letters and the nikkud is pronounced AhB, or Ab.
The patak was placed there because the Masoretes knew when they spoke the first syllable in Abraham's name they vocalized an "ah" sound under the al / alef. A non-speaker would not know this, but by placing the patak under the alef, this enabled anyone, anywhere in the world who knew the sound of the patak to be able to say "AhB". This system was, and is, a good system of preservation of the language. Hebrew at one time was thought to be on the brink of becoming an extinct language and it would have been if not for the grace and mercy of the Most High and, to a certain degree, to the nikkud. This is a very positive aspect of the nikkud, but there is a major negative to what the Masoretes did which we will discuss later.
A DEEPER EXAMINATION
Let's examine each character / syllable of the Creator's name to understand the pronunciation of Abba's name. HalleluYAH! Most camps agree that the proper pronunciation of the first two letters,יה, is YAH, pronounced "EE-AH".
י - The letter yud and the first sound in the Creator's name has been transliterated to the English letter "Y". When we say words that begin with either our English "Y" or the Hebrew י, it is actually a long "E" sound that we initially say and hear. Slowly, say the following word, and really pay attention to the initial sound you say and hear: YELLOW. You should have heard "EE-EL-LOW." How about this word? LOVELY. The last sound that you heard is "EE". This is why the י is a matre lectionis, i.e. Mother of Reading, because it gives us a vowel sound. Even in English when we sing the vowel song we all learn in school, "a,e,i,o,u are vowels; and sometimes y."
ה - The hey is also a matre lectionis and in the first part of the Creator's name it gives us the "ah" sound.
This sound combination, "EE-AH" or "YAH" is found in 100's of names; either at the beginning, middle, or end throughout scripture. Everywhere it appears in a name, it has the same "YAH"pronunciation.
For examples, AliYAH - אליה and YAH'Al - יהאל
The highest praise to the Father is Hallelu YAH, הללו יה. These words appear together at least 24 times in the Hebrew Scriptures. This part of the Father's name, I believe, can be easily received. Let's move on to the next letter.
l - The third character of the Father's name is the Uau / Waw. This is also a matre lectionis. In modern Hebrew this has developed into a "W" sound and more recently into a "V" sound. This letter was able to go from a pure vowel sound to a consonantal 'V" because the Masoretes developed a nikkud for the original sound of the Uau / Waw. This is one negative of the nikkud, but again, this character was no doubt a vowel sound.
In English we use the letter "W" to symbolize the ו sound. Notice the sound of our "W"- you hear an "OO" sound initially, as in "bOO." This is because our consonant "W" is actually an extended vowel sound. This is why it is called a "DOUBLED-U." In essence, you are doubling the "U" sound. At Beth Yahueh Camp, this is why when we are using the English characters to symbolize the sound of the tetragrammaton, we use the U for the sound of the ו . If the "W" is used, it is used with the understanding that it is a "doubled-U" sound.
When we put the three letters, יהו, together, we get the pronunciation EE-AH-OO. Let's see support from the scriptures for this pronunciation. I will write it out both using English letters and the phonetics.
אליהו - AliYAHU 'AL-EE-AH-OO' "My Mighty One is YAH"
יהוא - YAHU 'EE-AH-OO' "YAH is He"
**I really like this name because it is made up of the four matre lectionis and gives the complete sound of the first three characters of the Creator's name.
From these three Hebrew characters, without the nikkud; simply by sounding out the sounds of the letter themselves- we CANNOT get a Yeho- Yehi- Yaha- etc. We simply have to breathe....EE-AH-OO.
ה - Now, our last letter or character. Simple, it is the same sound as the first ה correct? No, it isn't. Now we have to deal with grammar. Nouns, (including proper nouns and pronouns) in Hebrew, and other Shemitic languages shows gender. English does not have such distinctions as a hard grammatical or linguistical rule. A male teacher and a female teacher are both "teacher," but not in Hebrew. A male teacher is "mo-REH" and a female teacher is "mo-RAH." Both are spelled with the exact same Hebrew letters מרה, but the sound of the ה reflects the gender of the noun.
Gender isn't only distinguished by the letter ה, but also by the sound "EH" and "AH." For example, a boy in hebrew is "yEH-LED" ילד and a girl in Hebrew is "yAHl-dah," ילדה
Below you will find three nouns from the Hebrew Scriptures, that will one, share the same "-EH" ending with the ה; and two, are masculine.
מסוה - properly mas'oo'EH H4533 - masculine noun
מקוה - properly 'miq'oo'EH H4723 - masculine noun
קוה - properly qa'oo'EH H6961 - a masculine noun
Let's take a look a one of the most famous words spoken by the Most High in the Bible; Exodus / Shemuth 3:14.
אהיה אשר אהיה "EH-EE-EH AH-SHER EH-EE-EH"
"EH-YEH EH-YEH"
"I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE."
Now, if one were to look at the root of the first and last words, i.e. היה it would give you the pronunciation "AH-EE-AH" or "HAYAH." Based on this root, it is taught that the last sound is the sound of the Father's name and that the "AH" sound should be the sound of the end of the Father's name. Incorrect. We have to understand that "HAYAH" is the root of the verb which means, "to be, to become." Verbs have to be conjugated to show whether the action as happened or not; and who is doing the action. When we conjugate the verb "HAYAH" it is pronounced "EH-EE-EH" or Ehyeh. Ehyeh is the imperfect first person form of the root verb HAYAH. So, here we see again when the Most High spoke, the conjugated verb ended in the masculine "EH" sound.
"EH" is the masculine suffix in the Father's name. He said in His Word, "יהוה, is a MAN of war," Exodus / Shemuth 15:3. It would be inappropriate to say YahwAH, YahuAH, YahawAH because these makes His name feminine.
I am not one big on secular scholarship, but there is evidence that the final sound was "EH" first for 1000's of years before it BECAME "AH". We have to ask, where did the "AH" sound come from. This, too, belongs to the Masoretic nikkud. This is the major negative of the nikkud system.
When we put the four vowels together, while being mindful of the grammar rules for masculine and feminine words; we get the pronunciation EE-AH-OO-EH. Notice how the vowels are breathed out almost without effort. Vowel sounds are made most, entirely by the breath, while consonants are made with a combination of the teeth, tongue, throat, and breath for the sound to be pronounced.
Those who have a difficult time receiving the fact the last ה in the Creator's name has the masculine "EH" sound and not the "AH" sound like the the first ה would find fault but pointing out that the two-letter name of the Creator ends in the feminine "AH" sound. For this we will go into the Thurah; Genesis / Bereshith 1:26-27
Gen 1:26 ¶ And Alahiym said, Let us make man in our image, after our
likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of
the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing
that creeps upon the earth.
Gen 1:27 So Alahiym created man in his [own] image, in the image of Alahiym
created he him; male and female created he them.
From these two verses we see that the Father is both male and female; not in a sexual sense but rather in the sense of principles. Most living things in nature are either male or female; including plants! This is because humans are made to reflect the nature of these two principles that exist within the Father.
In the two letter name of the Father the י represents the male principle and the ה represents the female principle; both which are the representation of the image of יה. How can we prove this? Let's take a look again at the Hebrew language, specifically, prefixes and suffixes and how they effect words..
In Hebrew if I wanted to say, "book" I would simply say sefer. But, if I wanted to be more specific and say "the book", I could do that by adding one letter to the word. "The book" is simply "ha'sefer". In Hebrew grammar the letter ה in front of a noun, is the definite article "the."
Let's try another one; if I wanted to say house, I would simply say bayit. If I wanted to say "in the house," I would add a letter prefix to the word bayit. "In the house" now becomes "b'bayit." The letter ב can also be used as the preposition "in."
Now, when we place the י in front of a verb, it explains the gender and tense of the verb. The verb stem which means "to hear" is שמע. If you wanted to say "He will hear," you would have to add a י to the front of the conjugated verb like so, ישׁמע. Adding the uau/Waw to the front of the verb shows that it is a male that is doing the action. Keep in mind that the Creator's name is built out of the verb היה which means "to be, become." By adding the י we have clarified that it is a male / or male principle that is "becoming".
YAHUDAH
We have to examine the name יהודה "Yahudah". There are those who use the pronunciation "Yahuah" that uses the name Yahudah as proof or support for that pronunciation. Let's examine these two names together with the nikkud:
יְהוּדָה - This is read with the nikkud as, "Yeh-OO-Dah" but properly it is
pronounced "Yah-OO-Dah".
Now, if we remove the ד and read the first two letters as the Creator's name, i.e. Yah, some believe that you get the pronunciation "Yah-OO-AH". Those you believe in this pronunciation would get the "AH" sound at the end because the vowel point that was under the dalet, which is the "AH" sound, is now placed under the ה. The problem with this are two simple points. Removing one letter from a word to create or support another word, is not sound reasoning. This is over simplifying the dynamics of the language. In Hebrew, there are many words that have the same letters but different sounds and meanings.
Secondly, when you remove the ד, you lose the "AH" vowel sound too! That nikkud indicates that the ד be pronounced as "DAH", not the ה. If you remember what we learned about the last ה in the Creator's name, that it has an "EH" sound; if we were to follow the logic of the "Yahudah/Yahuah" thought, we would actually get "Yah-OO-EH", i.e. Yahueh and not Yahuah.
Through the Hebrew language we see that the language and the letters are not just a language and letters. They have function and they can help us to understand how to properly pronounce the Creator's name if we respect the rules and essence of the language. The name of the Creator is of great importance; this is why the pronunciation is such a major discussion points to Believers. We want to make sure we are respecting His memorial. As He continues to reveal to us His Ways; He will solidify in our hearts and mind the proper way to bring glory to His name. We just need to continue and obey His revelations. I pray that this study was simple enough for all to understand and that it was in accordance to His truth. The main things to keep in mind is that the 4 characters that spells the Creator's name are vowels and vowels do not need t additional vowels to help pronounce them. Also, that "Yah is a man of war," and this is reflected by the "EH" sound at the end of His name. I am not trying to condemn anyone because I believe a lot of us are sincerely trying to walk after the Father, but my prayer is that this study will help you in understanding how to pronounce the Heavenly Father's Name.
"Today, if you will hear his voice, harden not your heart...."
Tehillim / Psalms 95:7-8
יהוה
In this article of study our intention is not to attack anyone on the pronunciation that they use, but rather to explain why those of us use the pronounciation EE-AH-OO-EH, or Yahueh. We believe that the Creator will establish His truth about His name to those who truly desire to walk in His ways, Ezekiel 39:7.
BACK TO BASICS
When we speak of the Father's name we must understand a basic truth; the 4 letters are vowels and not consonants. In English, we use four consonants and pseudo- vowels to symbolize the four vowels. Many students of this way, incorrectly, will say that Hebrew was a language without vowels until the addition of the nikkud, vowel points, were laid down by the Masoretes. This is incorrect. There are four Hebrew letters that function as vowels in words. These letters are:
Al or alef - א
Yud or yad - י
Uau or Waw - ו
Hey - ה
These letters are known by the Latin term, matres lectionis, "Mother of Reading."
Vowel sounds are made mostly with the breath, while consonants are made with a combination of the teeth, tongue, throat, and breath for the sound to be produced. Try sounding out the sounds of our own English alphabet. Notice how the vowels are breathed out almost without effort. Hebrew, as well as other Shemitic languages did not have vowel points in their origins; they had matre lectionis. Even today, if you picked up a modern Israeli newspaper, you will see almost no nikkud / vowel points. Someone who wasn't familiar with the language wouldn't be able to read the newspaper without the vowel points. If a native speaker saw, אברהם, they would easily read 'Abraham.' A novice, however, would need the vowel points to pronounce the same name.
The Masoretes were a group of scholars that purposed to preserve the proper pronunciation of the Thurah around 600AD. When the ancient Hebrew texts were written, whether in cuneiform or on papyrus scrolls, the reader understood the combination of symbols without the assistance of the vowels points. We, native English speakers / readers would be able to do the same thing today. Try the following:
_N G_N_R_L, S_NGL_ V_W_LS _R_ N_T C_NS_ST_NT.
How about: TTYL BRB BFF? Most of us would have no problem translating these abbreviations, but if you would show them to maybe an older person who is unfamiliar with text language; they would probably have no idea what they meant.
The pointings, or nikkud, were done linguistically. It was a deliberate system that was not done outside of reason and logic. Lets look at the first syllable in Abraham's name,
אב. - The symbol under the al / alef is called a patak; it has an "ah" sound. Together, these two letters and the nikkud is pronounced AhB, or Ab.
The patak was placed there because the Masoretes knew when they spoke the first syllable in Abraham's name they vocalized an "ah" sound under the al / alef. A non-speaker would not know this, but by placing the patak under the alef, this enabled anyone, anywhere in the world who knew the sound of the patak to be able to say "AhB". This system was, and is, a good system of preservation of the language. Hebrew at one time was thought to be on the brink of becoming an extinct language and it would have been if not for the grace and mercy of the Most High and, to a certain degree, to the nikkud. This is a very positive aspect of the nikkud, but there is a major negative to what the Masoretes did which we will discuss later.
A DEEPER EXAMINATION
Let's examine each character / syllable of the Creator's name to understand the pronunciation of Abba's name. HalleluYAH! Most camps agree that the proper pronunciation of the first two letters,יה, is YAH, pronounced "EE-AH".
י - The letter yud and the first sound in the Creator's name has been transliterated to the English letter "Y". When we say words that begin with either our English "Y" or the Hebrew י, it is actually a long "E" sound that we initially say and hear. Slowly, say the following word, and really pay attention to the initial sound you say and hear: YELLOW. You should have heard "EE-EL-LOW." How about this word? LOVELY. The last sound that you heard is "EE". This is why the י is a matre lectionis, i.e. Mother of Reading, because it gives us a vowel sound. Even in English when we sing the vowel song we all learn in school, "a,e,i,o,u are vowels; and sometimes y."
ה - The hey is also a matre lectionis and in the first part of the Creator's name it gives us the "ah" sound.
This sound combination, "EE-AH" or "YAH" is found in 100's of names; either at the beginning, middle, or end throughout scripture. Everywhere it appears in a name, it has the same "YAH"pronunciation.
For examples, AliYAH - אליה and YAH'Al - יהאל
The highest praise to the Father is Hallelu YAH, הללו יה. These words appear together at least 24 times in the Hebrew Scriptures. This part of the Father's name, I believe, can be easily received. Let's move on to the next letter.
l - The third character of the Father's name is the Uau / Waw. This is also a matre lectionis. In modern Hebrew this has developed into a "W" sound and more recently into a "V" sound. This letter was able to go from a pure vowel sound to a consonantal 'V" because the Masoretes developed a nikkud for the original sound of the Uau / Waw. This is one negative of the nikkud, but again, this character was no doubt a vowel sound.
In English we use the letter "W" to symbolize the ו sound. Notice the sound of our "W"- you hear an "OO" sound initially, as in "bOO." This is because our consonant "W" is actually an extended vowel sound. This is why it is called a "DOUBLED-U." In essence, you are doubling the "U" sound. At Beth Yahueh Camp, this is why when we are using the English characters to symbolize the sound of the tetragrammaton, we use the U for the sound of the ו . If the "W" is used, it is used with the understanding that it is a "doubled-U" sound.
When we put the three letters, יהו, together, we get the pronunciation EE-AH-OO. Let's see support from the scriptures for this pronunciation. I will write it out both using English letters and the phonetics.
אליהו - AliYAHU 'AL-EE-AH-OO' "My Mighty One is YAH"
יהוא - YAHU 'EE-AH-OO' "YAH is He"
**I really like this name because it is made up of the four matre lectionis and gives the complete sound of the first three characters of the Creator's name.
From these three Hebrew characters, without the nikkud; simply by sounding out the sounds of the letter themselves- we CANNOT get a Yeho- Yehi- Yaha- etc. We simply have to breathe....EE-AH-OO.
ה - Now, our last letter or character. Simple, it is the same sound as the first ה correct? No, it isn't. Now we have to deal with grammar. Nouns, (including proper nouns and pronouns) in Hebrew, and other Shemitic languages shows gender. English does not have such distinctions as a hard grammatical or linguistical rule. A male teacher and a female teacher are both "teacher," but not in Hebrew. A male teacher is "mo-REH" and a female teacher is "mo-RAH." Both are spelled with the exact same Hebrew letters מרה, but the sound of the ה reflects the gender of the noun.
Gender isn't only distinguished by the letter ה, but also by the sound "EH" and "AH." For example, a boy in hebrew is "yEH-LED" ילד and a girl in Hebrew is "yAHl-dah," ילדה
Below you will find three nouns from the Hebrew Scriptures, that will one, share the same "-EH" ending with the ה; and two, are masculine.
מסוה - properly mas'oo'EH H4533 - masculine noun
מקוה - properly 'miq'oo'EH H4723 - masculine noun
קוה - properly qa'oo'EH H6961 - a masculine noun
Let's take a look a one of the most famous words spoken by the Most High in the Bible; Exodus / Shemuth 3:14.
אהיה אשר אהיה "EH-EE-EH AH-SHER EH-EE-EH"
"EH-YEH EH-YEH"
"I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE."
Now, if one were to look at the root of the first and last words, i.e. היה it would give you the pronunciation "AH-EE-AH" or "HAYAH." Based on this root, it is taught that the last sound is the sound of the Father's name and that the "AH" sound should be the sound of the end of the Father's name. Incorrect. We have to understand that "HAYAH" is the root of the verb which means, "to be, to become." Verbs have to be conjugated to show whether the action as happened or not; and who is doing the action. When we conjugate the verb "HAYAH" it is pronounced "EH-EE-EH" or Ehyeh. Ehyeh is the imperfect first person form of the root verb HAYAH. So, here we see again when the Most High spoke, the conjugated verb ended in the masculine "EH" sound.
"EH" is the masculine suffix in the Father's name. He said in His Word, "יהוה, is a MAN of war," Exodus / Shemuth 15:3. It would be inappropriate to say YahwAH, YahuAH, YahawAH because these makes His name feminine.
I am not one big on secular scholarship, but there is evidence that the final sound was "EH" first for 1000's of years before it BECAME "AH". We have to ask, where did the "AH" sound come from. This, too, belongs to the Masoretic nikkud. This is the major negative of the nikkud system.
When we put the four vowels together, while being mindful of the grammar rules for masculine and feminine words; we get the pronunciation EE-AH-OO-EH. Notice how the vowels are breathed out almost without effort. Vowel sounds are made most, entirely by the breath, while consonants are made with a combination of the teeth, tongue, throat, and breath for the sound to be pronounced.
Those who have a difficult time receiving the fact the last ה in the Creator's name has the masculine "EH" sound and not the "AH" sound like the the first ה would find fault but pointing out that the two-letter name of the Creator ends in the feminine "AH" sound. For this we will go into the Thurah; Genesis / Bereshith 1:26-27
Gen 1:26 ¶ And Alahiym said, Let us make man in our image, after our
likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of
the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing
that creeps upon the earth.
Gen 1:27 So Alahiym created man in his [own] image, in the image of Alahiym
created he him; male and female created he them.
From these two verses we see that the Father is both male and female; not in a sexual sense but rather in the sense of principles. Most living things in nature are either male or female; including plants! This is because humans are made to reflect the nature of these two principles that exist within the Father.
In the two letter name of the Father the י represents the male principle and the ה represents the female principle; both which are the representation of the image of יה. How can we prove this? Let's take a look again at the Hebrew language, specifically, prefixes and suffixes and how they effect words..
In Hebrew if I wanted to say, "book" I would simply say sefer. But, if I wanted to be more specific and say "the book", I could do that by adding one letter to the word. "The book" is simply "ha'sefer". In Hebrew grammar the letter ה in front of a noun, is the definite article "the."
Let's try another one; if I wanted to say house, I would simply say bayit. If I wanted to say "in the house," I would add a letter prefix to the word bayit. "In the house" now becomes "b'bayit." The letter ב can also be used as the preposition "in."
Now, when we place the י in front of a verb, it explains the gender and tense of the verb. The verb stem which means "to hear" is שמע. If you wanted to say "He will hear," you would have to add a י to the front of the conjugated verb like so, ישׁמע. Adding the uau/Waw to the front of the verb shows that it is a male that is doing the action. Keep in mind that the Creator's name is built out of the verb היה which means "to be, become." By adding the י we have clarified that it is a male / or male principle that is "becoming".
YAHUDAH
We have to examine the name יהודה "Yahudah". There are those who use the pronunciation "Yahuah" that uses the name Yahudah as proof or support for that pronunciation. Let's examine these two names together with the nikkud:
יְהוּדָה - This is read with the nikkud as, "Yeh-OO-Dah" but properly it is
pronounced "Yah-OO-Dah".
Now, if we remove the ד and read the first two letters as the Creator's name, i.e. Yah, some believe that you get the pronunciation "Yah-OO-AH". Those you believe in this pronunciation would get the "AH" sound at the end because the vowel point that was under the dalet, which is the "AH" sound, is now placed under the ה. The problem with this are two simple points. Removing one letter from a word to create or support another word, is not sound reasoning. This is over simplifying the dynamics of the language. In Hebrew, there are many words that have the same letters but different sounds and meanings.
Secondly, when you remove the ד, you lose the "AH" vowel sound too! That nikkud indicates that the ד be pronounced as "DAH", not the ה. If you remember what we learned about the last ה in the Creator's name, that it has an "EH" sound; if we were to follow the logic of the "Yahudah/Yahuah" thought, we would actually get "Yah-OO-EH", i.e. Yahueh and not Yahuah.
Through the Hebrew language we see that the language and the letters are not just a language and letters. They have function and they can help us to understand how to properly pronounce the Creator's name if we respect the rules and essence of the language. The name of the Creator is of great importance; this is why the pronunciation is such a major discussion points to Believers. We want to make sure we are respecting His memorial. As He continues to reveal to us His Ways; He will solidify in our hearts and mind the proper way to bring glory to His name. We just need to continue and obey His revelations. I pray that this study was simple enough for all to understand and that it was in accordance to His truth. The main things to keep in mind is that the 4 characters that spells the Creator's name are vowels and vowels do not need t additional vowels to help pronounce them. Also, that "Yah is a man of war," and this is reflected by the "EH" sound at the end of His name. I am not trying to condemn anyone because I believe a lot of us are sincerely trying to walk after the Father, but my prayer is that this study will help you in understanding how to pronounce the Heavenly Father's Name.
"Today, if you will hear his voice, harden not your heart...."
Tehillim / Psalms 95:7-8