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Yahweh

/ˈjɑː(h)weɪ/US/ˈjɑ(h)weɪ/

Yahweh proper noun: YHWH, the deity worshiped in Abrahamic religions.

Proper noun

Yahweh

  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)
    Synonyms:
    Yahuwah, Jah, Jehovah, יהוה

Yahweh meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Arabic and Indonesian

Yahweh in Hindi

personal name of God
यहोवा yahovā, याहवे yāhve

Yahweh in Marathi

personal name of God
याहवे yāhve

Yahweh in Arabic

personal name of God
يَهْوَه yahwah

Yahweh in Indonesian

personal name of God
Yahwe
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Yahweh in Persian
یهوه yahve
Yahweh in Thai
พระยาห์เวห์ prá yah-weh
Yahweh in Vietnamese
Gia-vê, Yavê

Synonyms of Yahweh

Forms of Yahweh

alternative formJahaveh
alternative formJahve
alternative formJahveh
alternative formJahwe
alternative formJahweh
alternative formYahve
alternative formYahveh
alternative formYahwe

Origin of Yahweh

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).

Words formed from Yahweh

Questions about Yahweh

What does Yahweh mean?
Yahweh means YHWH, the deity worshiped in Abrahamic religions.
What is Yahweh in Hindi?
Yahweh in Hindi is यहोवा (yahovā), याहवे (yāhve). See Yahweh meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Yahweh?
Yahweh is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Yahweh?
Yahweh is pronounced /ˈjɑː(h)weɪ/ (UK).

Words near Yahweh in the dictionary

  1. Yahve
  2. Yahveh
  3. Yahvist
  4. Yahvists
  5. Yahwe
  6. Yahweh
  7. Yahwehism
  8. Yahwehist
  9. Yahwehists
  10. Yahwism
  11. Yahwist

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