"יהוה" meaning in Hebrew

See יהוה in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /jah.ˈwa/ [Biblical-Hebrew], /jah.ˈwɛ/ [Tiberian-Hebrew], /ja.ˈve/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-יהוה.wav Forms: YHWH [romanization]
Etymology: The etymology of this theonym has been discussed very extensively in scholarly literature, but remains uncertain. For the scholarly consensus, see the Wikipedia article on the Tetragrammaton's etymology; for other proposals, see Lewis (2020). Head templates: {{he-proper noun|g=m|tr=YHWH|wv=יהוה}} יהוה • (YHWH) m
  1. (Judaism) Tetragrammaton (the word in four Hebrew letters יהוה (in transliteration as YHWH or JHVH) used as the ineffable name of God in the Hebrew Bible, variously rendered as Yahweh or Jehovah) Tags: Judaism Categories (topical): Judaism, Christianity, God, Religion
    Sense id: en-יהוה-he-name-sgK-EGK7 Disambiguation of Christianity: 48 52 Disambiguation of God: 53 47 Disambiguation of Religion: 53 47 Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
  2. The proper, personal name of the Jewish and Christian God. Categories (topical): Christianity, God, Religion
    Sense id: en-יהוה-he-name-FyGELIPD Disambiguation of Christianity: 48 52 Disambiguation of God: 53 47 Disambiguation of Religion: 53 47 Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, ࠉࠡࠄࠅࠝࠄ Derived forms: יה, ־יהו, יהו־ Related terms: אהיה, יְיָ, אֵל (él), אלוהים (elohím), אֱלֹהִים (elohím), הַשֵּׁם (hashém)

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "יה"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "־יהו"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "יהו־"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Yahweh",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Yahweh, Jehovah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Yahweh, Jehovah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "ヤハウェ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "Yahawe"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: ヤハウェ (Yahawe)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ヤハウェ (Yahawe)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "Javé",
            "3": "Jeová",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: Javé, Jeová",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via Latin"
          },
          "expansion": "(via Latin)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: Javé, Jeová (via Latin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "耶和華",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "Yēhéhuá"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chinese: 耶和華/耶和华 (Yēhéhuá)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via English"
          },
          "expansion": "(via English)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chinese: 耶和華/耶和华 (Yēhéhuá) (via English)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "Javeo",
            "3": "Jehovo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: Javeo, Jehovo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: Javeo, Jehovo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syc",
            "2": "ܝܗܘܗ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Syriac: ܝܗܘܗ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Syriac: ܝܗܘܗ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "يهوه",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "yahwah"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: يهوه (yahwah)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: يهوه (yahwah)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "Yavé",
            "3": "Jehová",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: Yavé, Jehová",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via Latin"
          },
          "expansion": "(via Latin)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: Yavé, Jehová (via Latin)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The etymology of this theonym has been discussed very extensively in scholarly literature, but remains uncertain.\nFor the scholarly consensus, see the Wikipedia article on the Tetragrammaton's etymology; for other proposals, see Lewis (2020).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "YHWH",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "tr": "YHWH",
        "wv": "יהוה"
      },
      "expansion": "יהוה • (YHWH) m",
      "name": "he-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "אהיה"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "יְיָ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "él",
      "word": "אֵל"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "elohím",
      "word": "אלוהים"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "elohím",
      "word": "אֱלֹהִים"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hashém",
      "word": "הַשֵּׁם"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Judaism",
          "orig": "he:Judaism",
          "parents": [
            "Abrahamism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
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        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Christianity",
          "orig": "he:Christianity",
          "parents": [
            "Abrahamism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "God",
          "orig": "he:God",
          "parents": [
            "Christianity",
            "Gods",
            "Islam",
            "Judaism",
            "Abrahamism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Religion",
          "orig": "he:Religion",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
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      ],
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          "Judaism",
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        ],
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          "Tetragrammaton",
          "Tetragrammaton#English:_Q105173"
        ],
        [
          "Hebrew",
          "Hebrew"
        ],
        [
          "יהוה",
          "יהוה#Hebrew"
        ],
        [
          "transliteration",
          "transliteration"
        ],
        [
          "YHWH",
          "YHWH"
        ],
        [
          "JHVH",
          "JHVH"
        ],
        [
          "ineffable",
          "ineffable"
        ],
        [
          "God",
          "God"
        ],
        [
          "Bible",
          "Bible"
        ],
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          "Yahweh",
          "Yahweh"
        ],
        [
          "Jehovah",
          "Jehovah"
        ]
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      ],
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        "Judaism"
      ]
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        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Christianity",
          "orig": "he:Christianity",
          "parents": [
            "Abrahamism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "God",
          "orig": "he:God",
          "parents": [
            "Christianity",
            "Gods",
            "Islam",
            "Judaism",
            "Abrahamism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Religion",
          "orig": "he:Religion",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The proper, personal name of the Jewish and Christian God."
      ],
      "id": "en-יהוה-he-name-FyGELIPD",
      "links": [
        [
          "God",
          "God"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jah.ˈwa/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jah.ˈwɛ/",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ja.ˈve/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-יהוה.wav",
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ࠉࠡࠄࠅࠝࠄ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "יהוה"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew masculine nouns",
    "Hebrew proper nouns",
    "Hebrew terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Hebrew terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "he:Christianity",
    "he:God",
    "he:Religion"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "יה"
    },
    {
      "word": "־יהו"
    },
    {
      "word": "יהו־"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Yahweh",
            "3": "Jehovah",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Yahweh, Jehovah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Yahweh, Jehovah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "ヤハウェ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "Yahawe"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: ヤハウェ (Yahawe)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ヤハウェ (Yahawe)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "Javé",
            "3": "Jeová",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: Javé, Jeová",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via Latin"
          },
          "expansion": "(via Latin)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: Javé, Jeová (via Latin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "耶和華",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "Yēhéhuá"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chinese: 耶和華/耶和华 (Yēhéhuá)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via English"
          },
          "expansion": "(via English)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chinese: 耶和華/耶和华 (Yēhéhuá) (via English)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "Javeo",
            "3": "Jehovo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: Javeo, Jehovo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: Javeo, Jehovo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syc",
            "2": "ܝܗܘܗ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Syriac: ܝܗܘܗ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Syriac: ܝܗܘܗ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "يهوه",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "yahwah"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: يهوه (yahwah)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: يهوه (yahwah)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "Yavé",
            "3": "Jehová",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: Yavé, Jehová",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via Latin"
          },
          "expansion": "(via Latin)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: Yavé, Jehová (via Latin)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The etymology of this theonym has been discussed very extensively in scholarly literature, but remains uncertain.\nFor the scholarly consensus, see the Wikipedia article on the Tetragrammaton's etymology; for other proposals, see Lewis (2020).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "YHWH",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "tr": "YHWH",
        "wv": "יהוה"
      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "אהיה"
    },
    {
      "word": "יְיָ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "él",
      "word": "אֵל"
    },
    {
      "roman": "elohím",
      "word": "אלוהים"
    },
    {
      "roman": "elohím",
      "word": "אֱלֹהִים"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hashém",
      "word": "הַשֵּׁם"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "he:Judaism"
      ],
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        "Tetragrammaton (the word in four Hebrew letters יהוה (in transliteration as YHWH or JHVH) used as the ineffable name of God in the Hebrew Bible, variously rendered as Yahweh or Jehovah)"
      ],
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        [
          "Judaism",
          "Judaism"
        ],
        [
          "Tetragrammaton",
          "Tetragrammaton#English:_Q105173"
        ],
        [
          "Hebrew",
          "Hebrew"
        ],
        [
          "יהוה",
          "יהוה#Hebrew"
        ],
        [
          "transliteration",
          "transliteration"
        ],
        [
          "YHWH",
          "YHWH"
        ],
        [
          "JHVH",
          "JHVH"
        ],
        [
          "ineffable",
          "ineffable"
        ],
        [
          "God",
          "God"
        ],
        [
          "Bible",
          "Bible"
        ],
        [
          "Yahweh",
          "Yahweh"
        ],
        [
          "Jehovah",
          "Jehovah"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Judaism) Tetragrammaton (the word in four Hebrew letters יהוה (in transliteration as YHWH or JHVH) used as the ineffable name of God in the Hebrew Bible, variously rendered as Yahweh or Jehovah)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Judaism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The proper, personal name of the Jewish and Christian God."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "God",
          "God"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jah.ˈwa/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jah.ˈwɛ/",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ja.ˈve/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄"
    },
    {
      "word": "ࠉࠡࠄࠅࠝࠄ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "יהוה"
}

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