Yahve

Examples

• All

• In the Bible, Yahve is often depicted as a jealous God who demands loyalty from His followers.

• Sometimes he speaks to us with terror, like Yahve or Mithras.

  Seizure (1974)

• Worshippers gather every week to honor Yahve through prayer and communal rituals.

Synonyms

J

Jehovah

vsYahve

46 7.5

A name used for God in the Old Testament

is the consonant-root name from which that traditional form derives

Y

Yahweh

vsYahve

20 9.3

The name used for the God of ancient Israel in the Old Testament

is the consonant-based original rendered without explicit vowels

Y

YHWH

vsYahve

• Literature

3 9.9

A sacred name for God used in the Hebrew Bible, written as YHWH

is a vocalized transliteration derived from those same consonants

Y

YHVH

vsYahve

• Literature

1 9.9

A sacred name for God in the Old Testament

is the pronounced form created from that original consonant sequence

J

Jahweh

vsYahve

• Formal

1 9.9

A name for God in the Old Testament

is the underlying consonant form that these variants come from

Y

Yahwe

vsYahve

1 9.9

A name for God in the Hebrew Bible

focuses on the consonant origin rather than specific vocal spellings

J

JHVH

vsYahve

1 9.9

The holy name of God in the Hebrew Bible written with four Hebrew letters

is the spoken transliteration formed by adding vowel sounds to it

Y

Yahveh

vsYahve

9.9

A name for God in the Hebrew Bible

stays closer to the unvowelled consonant sequence rather than vocal form

J

Jahvey

vsYahve

• Formal

9.9

A name for God written using the Hebrew letters YHVH

is the more general transliteration based directly on the consonants

Surface Forms

Etymology