Yahweh

[ yah-we ]

noun

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

Yahweh

/ ˈjɑːweɪ; ˈjɑːveɪ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Yahweh¹

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

Example Sentences

The name of God we hallow, but not as did the ancient Israelites, by refusing even to mention the sacredly incommunicable Yahweh.

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In chapter v. we have a prayer for restoration: “Make us return, O Yahweh, and we shall return!”

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Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh."

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He shall offer it at the door of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before Yahweh.

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He shall bring the fat with the breast, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before Yahweh.

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