Does Jehovah Mean "God is Mischief"?
Some have tried to make it appear that the word "Jehovah" means "God is Mischief," or "God of Ruin," or something similar. The way they do this is by my separating the English word into two words "Je" and "hovah", and claim that "Je" means God and "Hovah" means mischief. Evidently, it is being imagined and assumed that "JE" is a transliteration of Strong's #3050 , often transliterated into English as Yah or Jah, and the they imagine and assume that HOVAH is from Strong's #1943 , which is rendered as "mischief" in some translations. Strong's #3050, however does not mean "God", but rather it is a short form of Strong's #3068 , that is, it is a short form of the Hebrew form of the Holy Name. The form of argument represented above is actually false association designed to give a desired conclusion, which is often also a false conclusion since it is based on a false associ...
