from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Yahweh
n 1: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated
from the Hebrew consonants YHVH [syn: {Yahweh}, {YHWH},
{Yahwe}, {Yahveh}, {YHVH}, {Yahve}, {Wahvey}, {Jahvey},
{Jahweh}, {Jehovah}, {JHVH}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Yahweh \Yah"weh\ (y[aum]"w[e^]), Yahwe \Yah"we\, prop. n. Also
Jahveh \Jah"veh\ (y[aum]"w[e^]), Jahve \Jah"ve\, Yahve \Yahve\,
Yahveh \Yahveh\, etc.
A modern 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.
Syn: Yahwe, Yahveh, Wahvey, Jahve, Jahveh, Jahvey, Jahweh,
Jehovah.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +WordNet 1.5 +CM] Jahvism