Jahwe

German

Alternative forms

• Jahweh, Jahve

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יהוה.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjax.fɛ/

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• Rhymes: -axfɛ
• Syllabification: Jah‧we

Proper noun

Jahwe m pers (indeclinable)

1. Yahweh

   Synonym: Jehowa

Further reading

• Jahwe in Polish dictionaries at PWN