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Yahweh - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Yahweh : (noun)
1: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated
from the Hebrew consonants YHVH [syn: Yahweh, YHWH, Yahwe,
Yahveh, YHVH, Yahve, Wahvey, Jahvey, Jahweh,
Jehovah, JHVH]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Yahweh : \Yah"weh\, Yahwe \Yah"we\, n. Also Jahveh \Jah"veh\,
Jahve \Jah"ve\, etc.
A modern transliteration of the Hebrew word translated
Jehovah in the Bible; -- used by some critics to
discriminate the tribal god of the ancient Hebrews from the
Christian Jehovah. Yahweh or Yahwe is the spelling now
generally adopted by scholars.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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