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Yahweh en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈjɑːweɪ̯] (General-American)
• [ˈjɑːʍeɪ̯] (General-American)
• /ˈjɑː(h)weɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈjɑ(h)weɪ/ (General-American)

Etymology

The usual form of the ancient West Semitic (Hebrew) יהוה used in scholarship. Used especially in discussions of the religion of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah. The spelling Jahweh was used in German since the 1850s. The spelling Yahweh in English (ensuring the pronunciation of the initial consonant as /j/) first appears in the 1860s, e.g. in the Herald of the Kingdom and Age to Come edited by John Thomas, founder of the Antipas Christadelphians (vol. X. no. 1, Westchester, NY, January 1860). First appeared in English Bible translations for the Tetragrammaton in the 1902 Emphasized Bible (EBR).

Meanings

1. YHWH, the deity worshiped in Abrahamic religions.
   • 1985 "At the time when Yahweh God made earth and heaven" (New Jerusalem Bible, Genesis 2:4)

Forms

Deriveds

Yahwism · Yahwist · Yahwehist

Relateds

Tetragrammaton · hallelujah · Jehovah

Synonyms

יהוה · Jah · Jehovah · Yahuwah

Translations (55)

grc Ἰαωουεῄ (personal name of God) · el Ιαχβέ (personal name of God) · it Geova (personal name of God) · pt Javé (personal name of God) · grc Ἰαουαί (personal name of God) · yue 耶和華 /耶和华 (personal name of God) · grc Ἰαώ (personal name of God) · vi Gia-vê (personal name of God) · hi यहोवा (personal name of God) · arc ܝܗܘܗ (personal name of God) · fa یهوه (personal name of God) · grc Ἰαβά (personal name of God) · hy Յահվե (personal name of God) · sam ࠉࠞࠄࠬࠅࠝࠄ (personal name of God) · el Γιαχβέ (personal name of God) · yue 雅威 (personal name of God) · cmn 耶和華 /耶和华 (personal name of God) · sv Jahve (personal name of God) · ja ヤハウェ (personal name of God) · ru Я́хве (personal name of God) · uk Ягве (personal name of God) · tt Йәһвә (personal name of God) · ko 야훼 (personal name of God) · de Jahwe (personal name of God) · grc Ἰαωουεά (personal name of God) · it Javè (personal name of God) · eo Javeo (personal name of God) · nan-hbl 耶和華 /耶和华 (personal name of God) · mr याहवे (personal name of God) · da Jahve (personal name of God) · he יהוה (personal name of God) · grc Ἰαωουέ (personal name of God) · smp ࠉࠞࠄࠬࠅࠝࠄ (personal name of God) · ar يَهْوَه (personal name of God) · fi Jahve (personal name of God) · fr Yahvé (personal name of God) · vi Yavê (personal name of God) · sh Jȁhve (personal name of God) · nl Jahweh (personal name of God) · de Jahweh (personal name of God) · nl Jahwe (personal name of God) · cmn 雅威 (personal name of God) · grc Ἰαουέ (personal name of God) · scn Javè (personal name of God) · th พระยาห์เวห์ (personal name of God) · grc Ἰαωουῄ (personal name of God) · grc Ἰαωουηέ (personal name of God) · hi याहवे (personal name of God) · ka იაჰვე (personal name of God) · syc ܝܗܘܗ (personal name of God) · pl Jahwe (personal name of God) · es Yavé (personal name of God) · ca Jahvè (personal name of God) · id Yahwe (personal name of God) · ga Iáimhé (personal name of God)