Yahweh

American  

[yah-we] / ˈyɑ wɛ /

Also Yahwe,

noun

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

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Yahweh British  

/ ˈjɑːveɪ, ˈjɑːweɪ /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

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.

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Many portions of the Bible describe how the Hebrews frequently fell away from Yahweh and back into their polytheistic traditions.

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The Hebrews’ flight from Egypt included a protracted trek across the Sinai desert and into Canaan, during which they agreed to worship only the single god Yahweh and obey his laws.

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As the Bible explains, during the exodus from Egypt, Moses was given the laws directly from Yahweh, including the command that only Yahweh be worshipped.

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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