Is MRYA the same as YHWH?

[Paul Younan]

Is YA (MRYA) the same as YaH (YHWH) ?

Of course it is! <!-- shock: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/shocked.gif" alt="hock:" title="shocked" /><!-- shock: -->

Think of the following names:

• Eli-Ya (Elijah - "Ya is my God"), spelled in Aramaic [font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]0yl0[/font]
  
  Khazqi-Ya (Hezekiah, "Stengthened of Ya"), spelled in Aramaic [font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]0yqzx[/font]
  
  Aeram-Ya (Jeremiah, "Ya will uplift"), spelled in Aramaic [font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]0ymr0[/font]
  

"Ya" is a contraction for 'YHWH' in Aramaic. Think of all the names that end in "-iah". <!-- shock: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/shocked.gif" alt="hock:" title="shocked" /><!-- shock: -->

[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]0yrm[/font]
"Mar-Ya" is a compound title made up of the title "Mar" (Lord) and the contraction "Ya" and it means "The Lord YA" - which is the Aramaic cognate for "The Lord YHWH".

This is why the Peshitta TaNaKH, 100% of the time, translates YHWH as MRYA. <!-- shock: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/shocked.gif" alt="hock:" title="shocked" /><!-- shock: -->