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Yahweh

The origin and history of Yahweh.

Etymology

The English form Yahweh emerged in 19th-century scholarship as a rendering of the ancient Hebrew Tetragrammaton יהוה, first appearing in Bible translations around 1902.

Origin: Hebrew · First attested 1902

Class of 1902

Yahweh first entered the language around 1902.

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