Jahvey | n. a name for the Old Testament God as transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH. See Jehovah. Syn. -- Yahweh, Yahwe, Yahveh, Yahve, Wahvey, Jahweh, Jehovah. [ WordNet 1.5 ] Variants: Jahweh |
Yahwe | { prop. n. Also etc. } A modern transliteration of the Hebrew word translated Jehovah in the Bible; -- used by some critics to discriminate the tribal god of the ancient Hebrews from the Christian Jehovah. Yahweh or Yahwe is the spelling now generally adopted by scholars. Syn. -- Yahwe, Yahveh, Wahvey, Jahve, Jahveh, Jahvey, Jahweh, Jehovah. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +WordNet 1.5 +CM ] Variants: Yahweh, Jahve, Jahveh |