Yahweh
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Yahweh
from Hebrew, from YHVH, with conjectural vowels; perhaps related to hāwāh to be; see also Jehovah
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More than one thousand years later in the Iron Age, people in this region still worshipped Baal, who was the main rival of Yahweh for the affections of the ancient Israelites.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
The Bible suggests this tradition began with Abraham, who was said to have entered into a covenant with Yahweh as far back as 2100 BCE.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
According to the Gospels, Jesus was the son of the miraculous union of the Holy Spirit, one of the aspects of the Jewish God Yahweh, and a virgin named Mary.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
The Prophetic Movement claimed that the Hebrews should worship Yahweh exclusively, and that Yahweh had a special relationship with the Hebrews that set Him apart as a God and them apart as a people.
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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