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) or

Jahweh

;

Yahveh

(ˈjɑːveɪ) or

Jahveh

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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Noun1.Yahweh - a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH
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In a chilling irony, it is Pilate, who serves at the will of Caesar, who tries to save the life of Jesus--"I find no case against him," while the "paid crowds," ostensibly the servants of Yahweh, the Lord who saves life, shout "Crucify him!" As any demagogue will tell you, all it takes is the right crowd.
A word is not yet on my tongue before you, Yahweh, know all about it.
The presentation of Jesus is confusing: On the one hand, "the evidence that Jesus called himself a messiah is mixed at best"; on the other, Jesus claimed "not to speak for Yahweh, but to be Yahweh's son,'" that is, "to share Yahweh's essence" (128, 147-148, emphasis original).
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Yahweh had freed them from slavery and set them free in a land of plenty.
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Yahweh to Hell is at once both uproarious and sobering, and even those who take issue with Woods' point of view will find his arguments compelling and his insights thought-provoking.
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