YHWH

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YHWH

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Transliteration of Biblical Hebrew יהוה (YHWH), known as the Tetragrammaton. See there for more.

proper noun IHVH · IHWH · JHVH · JHWH · YHVH · YKVK

  1. The deity worshipped in Abrahamitic religions, variously rendered as Yahweh or Jehovah. At the very least, the phraseology provides a clear linguistic marker, that the following section should not be read simply as an account of the Chaoskampf of the warrior YHWH battling the forces of chaos.

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name Tetragrammaton

EspañolJehová, Yavé, Yahvé, Yahweh
日本語エホバ Ehoba, ヤハウェ Yahawe
中文耶和華 /耶和华 yé-hé-huá, 雅威 yǎ-wēi
हिन्दीयहोवा yahovā
PortuguêsJavé, Jehová, Jeová, JHVH, Iavé
DeutschJHWH, JHVH, Jahwe, Jahweh, Jahve, Jahveh
ΕλληνικάΓιαχβέ Giachvé, Ιεχωβά Iechová, Ιεοβά Ieová
РусскийЯ́хве Jáxve, Я́гве Jágve, Иего́ва Ijegóva
العربيةيَهْوَه yahwah
עבריתיהוה

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@misc{yhwh_2026,
  title = {YHWH},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yhwh},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}