Iehova

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Traditional reading of the Biblical Biblical Hebrew יהוה (IHVH), based on the qeri perpetuum found in the Masoretic text (ca. 7th to 10th century). Attested in print from at least 1514, but used in the 15th century (by Nicholas of Cusa, d. 1464.[1]). The transcription has earlier (medieval, and even ancient) origins; found as Johouah (and variants) in Raymond Martin (1278). The Greek equivalent ΙΕΗΩΟΥΑ is found even in Late Antiquity, in the Pistis Sophia (perhaps a 2nd century text, extant in 5th or 6th century manuscripts).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i̯eˈhoː.u̯a/, [i̯eˈ(ɦ)oːu̯ä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /jeˈo.va/, [jeˈɔːvä]

Proper noun

Iehōva m sg (variously declined, genitive Iehōva or Iehōvae); indeclinable, first declension

Jehovah

Declension

Indeclinable noun or first-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Iehōva
Genitive	Iehōva Iehōvae
Dative	Iehōva Iehōvae
Accusative	Iehōva Iehōvam
Ablative	Iehōva Iehōvā
Vocative	Iehōva

Descendants

→ Italian: Geova

References

George F. Moore, Notes on the Name יהוה, The American Journal of Theology, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Jan., 1908) pp. 34-52. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3154641