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Yahweh

  (yä'wā, -wĕ) pronunciation also Yahveh (-vā, -vĕ) or Jahveh (yä'vā, -vĕ) or Jahweh (yä'wā, -wĕ)
n.

A name for God assumed by modern scholars to be a convention for pronouncing the Tetragrammaton.

[Hebrew.]


 
 
Columbia Encyclopedia: Yahweh
(yä'wĕ) , modern reconstruction of YHWH, the ancient Hebrew ineffable name for God. Other forms are Jah, Jahve, Jahveh, Jahweh, Jehovah, Yahve, Yahveh, and Yahwe.

 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a name for the Old Testament God as transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH
  Synonyms: YHWH, Yahwe, Yahveh, YHVH, Yahve, Wahvey, Jahvey, Jahweh, Jehovah, JHVH

 
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