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There is obviously a lot of confusion with God's name, but the truth he bears a wide array of titles and descriptive terms: Jehovah of armies, Judge, Sovereign, Jealous, Sovereign Lord, Creator, Father, Grand Instructor, Shepherd, Hearer of prayer, Repurchaser, happy God, and many others. He has chosen to become all of these—and much more—in order to carry out his loving purposes.
To answer the question of 'What is God's name?'
To speak truthfully, many translations of the Bible have ignorantly replaced his true name with the title LORD, but that's all it is, a title. It is so adamantly portrayed in the Bible that God is a loving God, a person who reaches out on personal levels. Surely this God would want to have a more personal name so we can more easily connect with him. Like your blood father for instance, you would call him father, but only as a title, he has a real name. You wouldn’t call your friend, 'Human'.
So what is his name?
Psalm 83 : 18 says; That people may know that you, whose name is Jehovah,
You alone are the Most High over all the earth.
But hold on, where did Jehovah come from?
The original Tetragrammaton has the three Hebrew symbols, יהוה ... this translates into YHWH, or, Yahweh. (This was the word later replaced falsely as LORD)
Later, Yahweh later becomes Yehovah, Iehovah and finally 'Jehovah'.
But why does Exodus 34:14 say 'Jealous God'?
According to Biblical usage, “jealousy” may be a positive or a negative quality or emotion. (Pr 14:30; Zec 1:14) The Hebrew noun qin•´ah´ variously means “insistence on exclusive devotion; toleration of no rivalry; zeal; ardor; jealousy [righteous or sinful]; envying.” The Greek ze´los has a similar meaning.—2Co 11:2; 12:20.
Jehovah describes himself as “a God exacting exclusive devotion.” (Ex 20:5, ftn; De 4:24; 5:9; 6:15) He also says: “Jehovah, whose name is Jealous, he is a jealous God.” (Ex 34:14) Over what and with what kind of jealousy? Not with the envious, selfish jealousy of humans. It is a jealousy, a zeal or ardor for his holy name, concerning which he himself says: “I will show exclusive devotion for my holy name.”—Eze 39:25.
For his name. When one considers what God’s name stands for, the reason for his “insistence on exclusive devotion” becomes clear. (Eze 5:13) His name represents all that is right and righteous. He is holy, clean, upright, loyal in the superlative degree. (Isa 6:3; Re 4:8; 16:5) His sovereignty is necessary to the existence of the universe, and allegiance to his sovereignty and laws is essential to the order and peace of all creation. (Pr 29:2; 1Co 14:33) His jealousy is therefore a pure, clean jealousy and is altogether for the benefit of his creatures, as their devotion brings him—the Creator, Provider, and Giver of all good things—no profit. (Job 41:11; Ps 145:16; Ro 11:35; Jas 1:17; Re 4:11) But in his devotion to righteousness his heart is made glad with loving appreciation when his servants stand firm for righteousness and give exclusive devotion to him.—Pr 23:15, 16; 27:11.
Anyways, I hope this all helps, I only added the scriptures for the last question for it is you main area of questioning.
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For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
why dont you look it up?
(for you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),
thou shall not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God
New American Standard Version
You can read it for yourself in the Holy Bible.
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