Jahwe

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English

Proper noun

Jahwe

  1. Alternative form of Yahweh

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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

Proper noun

Jahwe m (genitive Jahwes)

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

Usage notes

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

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Transliteration of Biblical Hebrew יְהֹוָה. Doublet of Jehowa.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

nouns

Further reading

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