Yahweh

American

[yah-we] / ˈjɑ wɛ /

Also Yahwe,

noun

a name of God, transliterated by scholars from the Tetragrammaton and commonly rendered Jehovah.

Yahweh British

/ ˈjɑːveɪ, ˈjɑːweɪ /

noun

Old Testament a vocalization of the Tetragrammaton, used esp by Christian theologians

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Etymology

Origin of Yahweh

from Hebrew, from YHVH, with conjectural vowels; perhaps related to hāwāh to be; see also _Jehovah

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Yahweh

It demanded absolute obedience to Yahweh and his many laws, including specific dietary restrictions.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

David suppressed the surrounding kingdoms, made Jerusalem his capital, and established a shrine there to the Israelite god Yahweh.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

The impact of this event was enormous, because it led to the belief that Yahweh could not be bound to a single place.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

A more likely scenario is that the Hebrews, like every other culture in the ancient world, worshipped a variety of deities, with Yahweh in a place of particular importance and centrality.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

And religion—whether you believe in God or Yahweh or Allah or something else, odds are that at heart you want the same things.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

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