Jahwe
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Etymology edit
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 edit
Proper noun edit
Jahwe m (genitive Jahwes)
Usage notes edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יהוה.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Jahwe m pers (indeclinable)
Further reading edit
- Jahwe in Polish dictionaries at PWN