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Yahweh
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Yahweh (yä`wĕ), modern reconstruction of YHWH, the ancient Hebrew ineffable name for God God, divinity of the three great monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as many other world religions. See also religion and articles on individual religions.
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. Other forms are Jah, Jahve, Jahveh, Jahweh, Jehovah, Yahve, Yahveh, and Yahwe.
Yahweh, Jahweh, Yahveh, Jahveh
Old Testament a vocalization of the Tetragrammaton, used esp by Christian theologians

Yahweh
reconstruction of YHWH, ancient Hebrew name for God. [Heb. Lang.: NCE, 3019]
See : God


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Several scholars of the First Testament note that the prophets occasionally use special phrasing to distinguish their relationship to YHWH from their perception of the people's relationship to YHWH.
The passage is replete with recollections of the book of Exodus, from the Divine Name, YHWH ("who is and who was and who is to come"; cf.
8 GOD AND GRAPHIC DESIGN My neighborhood mosque, Madina Masjid at Eleventh and First, recently solved one of the great graphic design-based theology problems since the Jews figured out how to spell YHWH.
 
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