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yahveh
Yah·weh
/
ˈyɑ
wɛ
/
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[
yah
-we
]
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noun
a
name
of God, transliterated by scholars from the Tetragrammaton and commonly rendered
jehovah
.
Also,
Yah·we,
Yah·veh,
Yah·ve
/
ˈyɑ
vɛ
/
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[
yah
-ve
]
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,
Jahveh
,
Jahve,
Jahweh,
Jahwe.
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Yahweh
,
Jahweh
,
Yahveh
or
Jahveh
(ˈjɑːweɪ, ˈjɑːveɪ)
—
n
Old Testament
a vocalization of the Tetragrammaton, used esp by Christian theologians
[from Hebrew, from YHVH, with conjectural vowels; perhaps related to
hāwāh
to be; see also
Jehovah
]
Jahweh
,
Jahweh
,
Yahveh
or
Jahveh
—
n
[from Hebrew, from YHVH, with conjectural vowels; perhaps related to
hāwāh
to be; see also
Jehovah
]
Yahveh
,
Jahweh
,
Yahveh
or
Jahveh
—
n
[from Hebrew, from YHVH, with conjectural vowels; perhaps related to
hāwāh
to be; see also
Jehovah
]
Jahveh
,
Jahweh
,
Yahveh
or
Jahveh
—
n
[from Hebrew, from YHVH, with conjectural vowels; perhaps related to
hāwāh
to be; see also
Jehovah
]
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Yahweh
,
Jahweh
,
Yahveh
or
Jahveh
(ˈjɑːweɪ, ˈjɑːveɪ)
—
n
Old Testament
a vocalization of the Tetragrammaton, used esp by Christian theologians
[from Hebrew, from YHVH, with conjectural vowels; perhaps related to
hāwāh
to be; see also
Jehovah
]
Jahweh
,
Jahweh
,
Yahveh
or
Jahveh
—
n
[from Hebrew, from YHVH, with conjectural vowels; perhaps related to
hāwāh
to be; see also
Jehovah
]
Yahveh
,
Jahweh
,
Yahveh
or
Jahveh
—
n
[from Hebrew, from YHVH, with conjectural vowels; perhaps related to
hāwāh
to be; see also
Jehovah
]
Jahveh
,
Jahweh
,
Yahveh
or
Jahveh
—
n
[from Hebrew, from YHVH, with conjectural vowels; perhaps related to
hāwāh
to be; see also
Jehovah
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
Yahweh
1869, hypothetical reconstruction of the tetragrammaton YHWH (see
Jehovah
), based on the assumption that the tetragrammaton is the imperfective of Heb. verb hawah, earlier form of hayah "was," in the sense of "the one who is, the existing."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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