Iehova

Latin

Alternative forms

• Jehōva
• Iōva, Jōva

Etymology

Traditional reading of the Biblical Hebrew יהוה (IHVH), based on the qeri perpetuum found in the Masoretic text (ca. 7th to 10th century). Attested in print from at least 1514, but used in the 15th century (by Nicholas of Cusa, d. 1464.[1]). The transcription has earlier (medieval, and even ancient) origins; found as Johouah (and variants) in Raymond Martin (1278). The Greek equivalent ΙΕΗΩΟΥΑ is found even in Late Antiquity, in the Pistis Sophia (perhaps a 2nd century text, extant in 5th or 6th century manuscripts).

Pronunciation

• Iehōva:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [jeˈ(ɦ)oː.wa]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [jeˈɔː.va]
• Iehōvā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [jeˈ(ɦ)oː.waː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [jeˈɔː.va]

Proper noun

Iehōva m sg (genitive Iehōva or Iehōvae); indeclinable, variously declined, first declension

1. Jehovah

Declension

Indeclinable noun or first-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Iehōva
genitive	Iehōva Iehōvae
dative	Iehōva Iehōvae
accusative	Iehōva Iehōvam
ablative	Iehōvā̆
vocative	Iehōva

Descendants

• → English: Jehovah
  • → Cantonese: 耶和華 / 耶和华 (je⁴ wo⁴ waa⁴)
  • → Mandarin: 耶和華 / 耶和华 (Yēhéhuá)
  • → Māori: Ihowā
  • → Tokelauan: Ieova
• → Esperanto: Jehovo
• → French: Jéhovah
• → Italian: Geova
• → Portuguese: Jeová, Jehová
• → Spanish: Jehová, Jehovah

References

• George F. Moore, Notes on the Name יהוה, The American Journal of Theology, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Jan., 1908) pp. 34-52. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3154641