Men may have applied Jehovah’s name to themselves or to other humans through whom they pretended to approach God in worship. Or perhaps they applied his name to idols.
त्याअर्थी, अनोशच्या काळापासून लोक विश्‍वासाने, खऱ्‍या उपासनेकरता यहोवाचे नाव घेऊ लागले असे म्हणता येणार नाही.