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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - יְהֹוִה

יְהֹוִה

H3069

Transliteration: Yᵉhôvih

Pronunciation: yeh-ho-vee'

Definition: God


Original: יהוה

Transliteration: yehôvih

Phonetic: yeh-ho-vee'

BDB Definition:

  1. Jehovah - used primarily in the combination 'Lord Jehovah'

Origin: a variation of (H3068" class="dictionary-topic-link">H3068) [used after (H136" class="dictionary-topic-link">H136), and pronounced by Jews as H430" class="dictionary-topic-link">H430, in order to prevent the repetition of the same sound, since they elsewhere pronounce 03068 as 0136]

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name


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