"Yahweh" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈjɑː(h)weɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Yahweh.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: The usual form of the ancient West Semitic (Hebrew) יהוה used in scholarship. Used especially in discussions of the religion of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah. The spelling Jahweh was used in German since the 1850s. The spelling Yahweh in English (ensuring the pronunciation of the initial consonant as /j/) first appears in the 1860s, e.g. in the Herald of the Kingdom and Age to Come edited by John Thomas, founder of the Antipas Christadelphians (vol. X. no. 1, Westchester, NY, January 1860). First appeared in English Bible translations for the Tetragrammaton in the 1902 Emphasized Bible (EBR). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|he|-}} Hebrew, {{m|he|יהוה}} יהוה, {{m|en|Jahweh}} Jahweh, {{m|en||Yahweh}} Yahweh Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Yahweh
  1. (history of religion) The name of the God of Israel worshipped by the Jahwist prophets in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah in antiquity. Categories (topical): God, Gods Translations (personal name of God): Ἰαω (Iaō) (Ancient Greek), Ἰαωουηε (Iaōouēe) (Ancient Greek), Ἰαβα (Iaba) (Ancient Greek), Ἰαωουηι (Iaōouēi) (Ancient Greek), Ἰαωουεη (Iaōoueē) (Ancient Greek), Ἰαωουε (Iaōoue) (Ancient Greek), Ἰαωουεα (Iaōouea) (Ancient Greek), Ἰαουέ (Iaoué) (Ancient Greek), Ἰαουαί (Iaouaí) (Ancient Greek), يَهْوَه (yahwah) [masculine] (Arabic), 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (Aramaic), Յահվե (Yahve) (Armenian), Jahvè (Catalan), 耶和華 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 耶和华 (Iâ-hô-hoa) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 耶和華 (Chinese Cantonese), 耶和华 (je⁴ ho⁴ waa⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 雅威 (ngaa⁵ wai¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 耶和華 (Chinese Mandarin), 耶和华 (Yēhéhuá) (Chinese Mandarin), 雅威 (Yǎwēi) (Chinese Mandarin), Jahve (Danish), Jahweh [masculine] (Dutch), Jahwe [masculine] (Dutch), Javeo (Esperanto), Jahve (Finnish), Yahweh [masculine] (French), იაჰვე (iahve) (Georgian), Jahwe [masculine] (German), Γιαχβέ (Giachvé) [masculine] (Greek), Ιαχβέ (Iachvé) [masculine] (Greek), יהוה [masculine] (Hebrew), Yahwe (Indonesian), Iáimhé (Irish), Geova [masculine] (Itallian), Javè [masculine] (Itallian), ヤハウェ (Yahawe) (Japanese), 야훼 (english: Yahwe) (Korean), याहवे (yāhve) [masculine] (Marathi), یهوه (yahve) (Persian), Jahwe [masculine] (Polish), Javé [masculine] (Portuguese), Я́хве (Jáxvɛ) [masculine] (Russian), ࠉࠄࠅࠄ (alt: yhwh /⁠yāwe⁠/) [masculine] (Samaritan Aramaic), ࠉࠄࠅࠄ (yāwe) [masculine] (Samaritan Hebrew), Jȁhve [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Javè [masculine] (Sicilian), Yavé [masculine] (Spanish), Jahve (Swedish), ܝܗܘܗ (Syriac), Йәһвә (Yähwä) (Tatar), พระยาห์เวห์ (prá yah-weh) (Thai), Ягве (Jahve) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Yahweh-en-name-hOdnh50h Disambiguation of God: 76 24 Disambiguation of Gods: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 45 55 Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'personal name of God': 61 39
  2. (biblical) In "Sacred Name Bibles", a transliteration of the Tetragrammaton. Categories (topical): Bible, Gods
    Sense id: en-Yahweh-en-name-luEnFse3 Disambiguation of Gods: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 45 55 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Yahwism, Yahwist Related terms: hallelujah, Tetragrammaton
Synonyms: Yahuwah, Jah, Jehovah, יהוה (YHWH), Jahaveh, Jahve, Jahveh, Jahweh, Yahve, Yahveh, Yahwe

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
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          "text": "1913 \"No certain evidence for the pre-Mosaic use of the form Yahweh … seems yet to have been brought forward.\" (H. W. Robinson, Religious Ideas of Old Testament, 3.53)"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998, Anne Rice, The Vampire Armand, New York: Knopf, →OL, page 273",
          "text": "We are too much men and women; we are yet formed in the image of the Creator, and what can we say of Him with any certainty except that He, whoever He may be—Christ, Yahweh, Allah—He made us, did He not, because even He in His Infinite Perfection could not bear to be alone.",
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      "word": "Jahveh"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "yahwah",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "يَهْوَه"
    },
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      "code": "arc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Yahve",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "Յահվե"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "Jahvè"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "耶和華"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "je⁴ ho⁴ waa⁴",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "耶和华"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ngaa⁵ wai¹",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "雅威"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "耶和華"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "Iâ-hô-hoa",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "耶和华"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "耶和華"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Yēhéhuá",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "耶和华"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Yǎwēi",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "雅威"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "Jahve"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Jahweh"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Jahwe"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "Javeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "Jahve"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Yahweh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "iahve",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "იაჰვე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Jahwe"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Giachvé",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Γιαχβέ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Iachvé",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ιαχβέ"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Iaō",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "Ἰαω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Iaōouēe",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "Ἰαωουηε"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Iaba",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "Ἰαβα"
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    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Iaōouēi",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "Ἰαωουηι"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "Iaōoueē",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "Ἰαωουεη"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Iaōoue",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "Ἰαωουε"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Iaōouea",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "Ἰαωουεα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Iaoué",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "Ἰαουέ"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Iaouaí",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "Ἰαουαί"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "יהוה"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "Yahwe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "Iáimhé"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Itallian",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Geova"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Itallian",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Javè"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Yahawe",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "ヤハウェ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "english": "Yahwe",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "야훼"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "yāhve",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "याहवे"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "yahve",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "یهوه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Jahwe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Javé"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Jáxvɛ",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Я́хве"
    },
    {
      "alt": "yhwh /⁠yāwe⁠/",
      "code": "sam",
      "lang": "Samaritan Aramaic",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ࠉࠄࠅࠄ"
    },
    {
      "code": "smp",
      "lang": "Samaritan Hebrew",
      "roman": "yāwe",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ࠉࠄࠅࠄ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Jȁhve"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Javè"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Yavé"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "Jahve"
    },
    {
      "code": "syc",
      "lang": "Syriac",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "ܝܗܘܗ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "Yähwä",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "Йәһвә"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "prá yah-weh",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "word": "พระยาห์เวห์"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Jahve",
      "sense": "personal name of God",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ягве"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Yahweh (name)"
  ],
  "word": "Yahweh"
}

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