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English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Proper noun [ edit ] YHWH
The deity worshipped in Abrahamitic religions, Yahweh , called Adonai in Judaism due to a taboo on using the full name, and God and the Lord in Christianity.
Known as the "Tetragrammaton ", the four Hebrew letters יהוה YHVH ). Usually vowels are added to produce the spelling Jehovah , Yehovah or Yahweh (Jahaveh , Jahve , Jahveh , Jahweh , Yahve , Yahveh , Yahwe ). Translations [ edit ] יהוה (tetragrammaton)
Arabic: يَهْوَه m ( yahwah )
Cherokee: ᏱᎰᏩ ( yihowa )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 耶和華 ／ 耶和华 (zh) ( yé-hé-huá ) , 雅威 (zh) ( yǎ-wēi )
Dutch: JHWH (nl) m JHVH (nl) m Jahweh (nl) m Jahwe (nl) m Jehova (nl) m
German: JHWH m JHVH m Jahwe (de) m Jahweh m Jahve (de) m Jahveh m Jewoha m Jewohah m
Greek: Γιαχβέ (el) m ( Giachvé ) , Ιεχωβά (el) m ( Iechová ) , Ιεοβά (el) m ( Ieová )
Hebrew: יהוה (he) m
Interlingua: Jehovah
Latin: Dominus (la) Iehova
Polish: Jahwe (pl) m
Portuguese: Javé (pt) m Jehová m Jeová (pt) m
Russian: Я́хве (ru) ( Jáxve ) , Я́гве ( Jágve ) , Иего́ва (ru) ( Ijegóva )
Serbo-Croatian: Jehova (sh) m Jahve (sh) m
Spanish: Jehová (es) m Yavé Yahvé (es) , Yahweh
Syriac: ܝܗܘܗ
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