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yahweh

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  1. 1. A word/modern">modern word/transliteration">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. Source: webster
  2. 2. n. a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH Source: ecdict

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