{"podcast":{"title":"Working for the Word - a Bible translation podcast","slug":"working-for-the-word-a-bible-translation-podcast-607651","podcast_index_feed_id":607651,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f3aad54/podcast/rss","website_url":"http://www.workingfortheword.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/2455037/2455037-1612571253151-93367bbcb61ab.jpg","author":"Andrew Case","episode_count":212,"summary":"It's been said that people don't want to know: 1) how sausages are made, 2) how bibles are translated. In this podcast we bravely talk about the latter, go deep into biblical studies, and seek to treasure and understand the Bible together. It's for people who want to get nerdy about Scripture and for those who want to understand how their translations came to be. Everything from history to Hebrew, we're on a quest to learn more and make beautiful translations of God's Word. We believe the Bible is a unified, God-breathed, God-centered, hope-giving book, sweeter than honey, pointing to Jesus.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-12T00:18:15.271192+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/working-for-the-word-a-bible-translation-podcast-607651"},"episode":{"title":"Part 1 - Pronouncing & Translating the Divine Name - What Does GOD Want Us to Do with His Name?","slug":"part-1-pronouncing-translating-the-divine-name-what-does-god-want-us-to-do-with-his-name","published_at":"2026-01-23T03:36:34+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/working-for-the-word-a-bible-translation-podcast-607651/part-1-pronouncing-translating-the-divine-name-what-does-god-want-us-to-do-with-his-name","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/working-for-the-word-a-bible-translation-podcast-607651","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/workingfortheword/episodes/Part-1---Pronouncing--Translating-the-Divine-Name---What-Does-GOD-Want-Us-to-Do-with-His-Name-e3e2br1","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f3aad54/podcast/play/114421025/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-23%2F416662493-44100-2-4ac74f7a4accb.m4a","summary":"Get the free book. The Old Testament uses a personal name for God, often called the Tetragrammaton. In Hebrew it is יהוה, and commonly rendered as “Jehovah,” “YHWH,” or “Yahweh.” Yet many modern translations replace this name with a title : “the LORD.” This choice carries inevitable consequences. Removing or hiding the divine name in translation is not a trivial stylistic decision, but a substantial alteration, affecting thousands of occurrences. One of the reasons translations have done this is that, after the Hebrew Bible was written, a Jewish tradition arose, forbidding the vocalization of God’s name. The history of Bible translation reflects the triumph of this tradition. Generally, the goal of Bible translation is fidelity to the source text, conveying what the authors actually wrote. In the case of names, the usual practice is to transliterate them, preserving an approximation of the proper name in the target language, using that language’s phonetic inventory. This is done for all names in the Bible (David, Jerusalem, Sarah, etc.), except for the divine name. From the standpoint of historical and textual accuracy, no other feature of the biblical text has received the same systematic concealment. The result is that many English readers do not even realize God has a personal name. Generations have come and gone hearing “the LORD” as if it were God’s actual name. And I was no exception. Literature on the divine name often overlooks one simple question: what is God’s desire concerning his name? History and traditions fade in comparison to this question. And the Bible indeed reveals what God wants with explicit clarity. Thus, we begin with his instruction revealed to Moses in Exodus 3:15 to frame everything else in this book: “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘YHWH…","meta_description":"Get the free book. The Old Testament uses a personal name for God, often called the Tetragrammaton. In Hebrew it is יהוה, and commonly rendered as “Jehova…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1726,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/working-for-the-word-a-bible-translation-podcast-607651/episodes/part-1-pronouncing-translating-the-divine-name-what-does-god-want-us-to-do-with-his-name/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/working-for-the-word-a-bible-translation-podcast-607651/part-1-pronouncing-translating-the-divine-name-what-does-god-want-us-to-do-with-his-name.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}