Jahwe
English
editProper noun
editJahwe
- Alternative form of Yahweh
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPhilological transcription of Biblical Hebrew יהוה, replacing earlier (erroneous) Iehova. As Jahwoh in 1778 (Le Clerc, Ars critica); Jahwo in 1784 (Samuel Friedrich Günther Wahl, Allgemeine Geschichte der morgenländischen Sprachen und Litteratur), 1790 (Wahl, Habakuk neu übersetzt); Jahwe in 1847 (Eduard Reuss, Der acht und sechzigste Psalm); Jahweh in 1855 (L. Herzfeld, Geschichte des Volkes Iisrael).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editJahwe m (genitive Jahwes)
Usage notes
editPolish
editEtymology
editTransliteration of Biblical Hebrew יְהֹוָה. Doublet of Jehowa.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editJahwe m pers (indeclinable)
- (biblical, Christianity, Judaism, Protestantism, theology) Jehovah (personal name of God in the Hebrew Scriptures)
- Synonym: Jehowa
- Yahweh (ancient Levantine deity, and national god of the Israelite kingdoms of Israel and Judah)
- Synonym: Jehowa
Derived terms
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Further reading
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