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Proper noun

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Jahwe

  1. Alternative form of Yahweh

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Philological 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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈjaːve/, /ˈjaːvə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Jah‧we

Proper noun

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Jahwe m (genitive Jahwes)

  1. Yahweh (personal name of God)
    Synonyms: Jehowa, JHWH

Usage notes

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  • The masculine possessive pronoun sein is used for this as in sein Volk.

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Transliteration of Biblical Hebrew יְהֹוָה. Doublet of Jehowa.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Jahwe m pers (indeclinable)

  1. (biblical, Christianity, Judaism, Protestantism, theology) Jehovah (personal name of God in the Hebrew Scriptures)
    Synonym: Jehowa
  2. Yahweh (ancient Levantine deity, and national god of the Israelite kingdoms of Israel and Judah)
    Synonym: Jehowa

Derived terms

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nouns

Further reading

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  • Jahwe in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Jahwe in PWN's encyclopedia