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Jehovah

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Jehovah the Lord God. XVI. alt. of Heb. JHVH, the ineffable name of the Almighty, produced by the insertion of the vowel-points repr. the vowels of Adonai as a direction to substitute this. It is held that the orig. name was Jahve(h), Jahwe(h).

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Jahve

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Jahve Jahveh, or Jahweh , modern reconstructions of the ancient Hebrew name of God ( Yahweh ), which is traditionally not pronounced.

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