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Jahveh

Also Jahve,

[yah-ve]

noun

  1. Yahweh.



Jahveh

/ ˈjɑːveɪ, ˈjɑːweɪ /

noun

  1. variant of Yahweh

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According to him, Jahveh announces the Deluge to Noah only seven days beforehand.

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And now, if we keep count of the time between the announcing of the cataclysm by Jahveh and its commencement, the figures of the Jehovist are in all 7 × 2 × 7 + 7 days, and those of the system of the Chaldean poem 7 × 7.

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It appears certain that the names of the Hebrew deity bear the sense I have indicated; El, the root of Elhoim, the name under which God was known to the Israelites prior to their entry into Canaan, signifying the masculine sex only; while Jahveh, or Jehovah, denotes both sexes in combination.

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The God of the Old Testament, Jahveh, was, like Zeus, a nature-god, and took revenge as men did.

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The poor Pharisees tried to obey the law as given by Jahveh; their reward was to be condemned by his son.

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