Yahweh
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Yah·weh
(yä′wā, -wĕ) also Yah·veh (-vā, -vĕ) or Jah·veh (yä′vā, -vĕ) or Jah·weh (yä′wā, -wĕ)n.
A name for God thought to represent the original pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton among the ancient Hebrews.
[Conventional pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton, written in Hebrew as yhwh; see hwy in Semitic roots.]
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Yahweh
(ˈjɑːweɪ) orJahweh
;Yahveh
(ˈjɑːveɪ) orJahveh
n
(Bible) 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]
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Yah•weh
or Jah•weh
(ˈyɑ wɛ)also Yah•veh,
Jah•veh
(-vɛ)n.
a name of God, transliterated by scholars from the Tetragrammaton and commonly rendered Jehovah.
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