Has Jesus ever disclosed the name of GOD?

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Here are two intriguing references on the Tetragrammaton:

@nominalist - It is true that its takes breathing to speak God's name. Would you also agree that it is equally true that we must breath in order to speak in general? When Jesus was alive he took in breath to make God’s name known. Further he took in breath to help people know God verbally, and taught them to pray that God’s name be sanctified. (Matthew 6:9) If ehillschurch's definition of Matthew 6:9 in pronouncing God's name is a simple breathing exercise then how will this sanctify God’s name? (John 17:26; Romans 10:13, 14) Further, according to Jewish religious law and superstition Jews were actually forbidden from saying the divine name. Instead Jews substituted titles like Elohim (God) and Adonai (Master or Lord) were used in place of YHWH (Yahweh, or Jehovah in English). How trustworthy can this church be if the foundation of their information is wrong?

kxmode, I am not a Hebrew scholar. However, yes, repeating the Tetragrammaton is forbidden among Orthodox Jews.

Of course, Orthodox Jews represent only a tiny fraction of all Jews worldwide. It is the second smallest major Jewish movement in the U.S. (smaller than Reform and Conservative and larger than Reconstructionist).

Like most American Jews, I was raised in an essentially non-practicing Jewish home, so the issue was never relevant to me. I then became a member of the Baháʾí Faith in 1970.

Since I have never been a Christian, whether one or another church is trustworthy is, to me, not important. In addition to loving Moses and Jesus, I love Muḥammad, my dear Baháʾuʾlláh, and all the other Messengers of God.

As I mentioned before, some people have made the theological (not necessarily historical) argument that the word, Yāhweh, itself was originally intended to mimic the breath. Although I find that idea personally appealing, I have no way of knowing whether it is valid.