Most scholars believe that the Tetragrammaton should be pronounced "Yahweh".
Source: tatoeba (546419)
Yahweh
//ˈjɑː(h)weɪ//
Synonyms for "yahweh" (9 found)
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Synonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
2 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 38 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- Ἰαβά name (personal name of God)
- Ἰαουέ name (personal name of God)
- Ἰαουαί name (personal name of God)
- Ἰαωουέ name (personal name of God)
Arabic
1 entries- يَهْوَه name (personal name of God)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܝܗܘܗ name (personal name of God)
Armenian
1 entries- Յահվե name (personal name of God)
Catalan
1 entries- Jahvè name (personal name of God)
Chinese
1 entries- 耶和華 /耶和华 name (personal name of God)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 耶和華 /耶和华 name (personal name of God)
- 雅威 name (personal name of God)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 耶和華 /耶和华 name (personal name of God)
- 雅威 name (personal name of God)
Danish
1 entries- Jahve name (personal name of God)
Dutch
2 entries- Jahwe name (personal name of God)
- Jahweh name (personal name of God)
Esperanto
1 entries- Javeo name (personal name of God)
Finnish
1 entries- Jahve name (personal name of God)
French
1 entries- Yahweh name (personal name of God)
Georgian
1 entries- იაჰვე name (personal name of God)
German
1 entries- Jahwe name (personal name of God)
Greek
2 entries- Γιαχβέ name (personal name of God)
- Ιαχβέ name (personal name of God)
Hebrew
1 entries- יהוה name (personal name of God)
Indonesian
1 entries- Yahwe name (personal name of God)
Irish
1 entries- Iáimhé name (personal name of God)
Itallian
2 entries- Geova name (personal name of God)
- Javè name (personal name of God)
Japanese
1 entries- ヤハウェ name (personal name of God)
Korean
1 entries- 야훼 name (personal name of God)
Marathi
1 entries- याहवे name (personal name of God)
Persian
1 entries- یهوه name (personal name of God)
Polish
1 entries- Jahwe name (personal name of God)
Portuguese
1 entries- Javé name (personal name of God)
Russian
1 entries- Я́хве name (personal name of God)
Samaritan Aramaic
1 entries- ࠉࠞࠄࠬࠅࠝࠄ name (personal name of God)
Samaritan Hebrew
1 entries- ࠉࠞࠄࠬࠅࠝࠄ name (personal name of God)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- Jȁhve name (personal name of God)
Sicilian
1 entries- Javè name (personal name of God)
Spanish
1 entries- Yavé name (personal name of God)
Swedish
1 entries- Jahve name (personal name of God)
Syriac
1 entries- ܝܗܘܗ name (personal name of God)
Tatar
1 entries- Йәһвә name (personal name of God)
Thai
1 entries- พระยาห์เวห์ name (personal name of God)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Ягве name (personal name of God)
Vietnamese
2 entries- Gia-vê name (personal name of God)
- Yavê name (personal name of God)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes; and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall lay my vengeance on them.
Source: tatoeba (8296637)
Contrast this with, say, Zeus in Greek mythology—powerful, but flawed and contingent—or the Judeo-Christian God, who’s absolute and uncreated. Extraterrestrials might land closer to Zeus than Yahweh: impressive, but not the bedrock of existence. Still, if they seeded life on Earth (a panspermia twist), some might argue they’re "creator gods" in a limited sense—though that’s more like being master gardeners than omnipotent deities.
Source: tatoeba (13312025)
1985 "At the time when Yahweh God made earth and heaven" (New Jerusalem Bible, Genesis 2:4)
Source: wiktionary
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