エホバ

Japanese edit

Etymology edit

From Biblical Hebrew יְהֹוָה (YHWH), which is often rendered as ヤハウェ (Yahawe) in Japanese texts. This version is influenced by versions of the name in Christian translations^[1] such as Portuguese Jeová, English Jehovah.

[jehoβa] → [ehoba]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [e̞ho̞ba̠]

Proper noun edit

エホバ • (Ehoba)

Jehovah

See also edit

References edit

^ “ヤハウェ”, in 世界大百科事典第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998

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