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"Jehovah" at Exodus 6:3 [1] (King James Version). Jehovah (/ dʒ ɪ ˈ h oʊ v ə /) is a Latinization of the Hebrew יְהֹוָה Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament.
This short form of the name occurs 50 times in the text of the Hebrew Bible, of which 24 form part of the phrase "Hallelujah", a phrase that continues to be employed by Jews and Christians to give praise to Yahweh. [1] [2] In the Christian King James Version (1611) there is a single instance of JAH (capitalized), in Psalm 68:4.
Also abbreviated Jah, the most common name of God in the Hebrew Bible is the Tetragrammaton, יהוה, which is usually transliterated as YHWH. The Hebrew script is an abjad, and thus vowels are often omitted in writing. YHWH is usually expanded to Yahweh in English. [11] Modern Rabbinical Jewish culture judges it forbidden to pronounce this name.
The Tetragrammaton in Phoenician (12th century BCE to 150 BCE), Paleo-Hebrew (10th century BCE to 135 CE), and square Hebrew (3rd century BCE to present) scripts. The Tetragrammaton [note 1] is the four-letter Hebrew theonym יהוה (transliterated as YHWH or YHVH), the name of God in the Hebrew Bible.
The Tetragrammaton YHWH, the name of God written in the Hebrew alphabet, All Saints Church, Nyköping, Sweden Names of God at John Knox House: "θεός, DEUS, GOD.". The Bible usually uses the name of God in the singular (e.g. Ex. 20:7 or Ps. 8:1), generally using the terms in a very general sense rather than referring to any special designation of God. [1]
The following is an alphabetical list of names referring to Yah/Yahweh and their meanings in Hebrew: Abiah – Yahweh is my father Abijah – Yahweh is my father (2 Chron. 13:3) Adaiah – ornament of Yahweh Adonijah – my lord is Yahweh Ahaziah – vision of Yahweh Ahiah – brother of Yahweh Ahijah – brother of Yahweh
Timeless classics, modern favorites, and totally unique monikers that no one else in your kid’s class will share—you can find it all in the Hebrew Bible. Take a trip back in time to the Old ...
Jehovah-jireh in King James Bible 1853 Genesis 22:14. In the Masoretic Text, the name is יְהוָה יִרְאֶה (yhwh yirʾeh).The first word of the phrase is the Tetragrammaton (יהוה), YHWH, the most common name of God in the Hebrew Bible, which is usually given the pronunciation Yahweh in scholarly works. [1]