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Yahweh

[ yah-we ]

noun

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


Yahweh

/ ˈjɑːveɪ; ˈjɑːweɪ /

noun

  1. Old Testament a vocalization of the Tetragrammaton, used esp by Christian theologians
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Yahweh1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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