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God reveals Himself as Father, not mother; Scripture uses a mother's comfort as a simile, never as a name for worship.
GodHashem means "the Name," the Jewish substitute for God's revealed name Jehovah, meaning "I am," the self-existent, unchanging One.
GodCommentators reject the breath-equals-Yahweh idea, noting the name's true pronunciation is lost and Scripture calls us to praise, not just breathe.
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