エホバ

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Japanese

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Etymology

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From Biblical Hebrew יְהֹוָה (YHWH), which is often rendered as ヤハウェ (Yahawe) in Japanese texts. This version is influenced by versions of the name in Christian translations[1] such as Portuguese Jeová, English Jehovah.

[jehoβa] → [ehoba]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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エホバ • (Ehoba) ←ヱホバ (Wefoba)?

  1. Jehovah

See also

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References

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  1. ^ “ヤハウェ”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
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