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Define the word Yahwe

"Yahwe" gcide "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

"Yahwe" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

Yahwe
     n : a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated
         from the Hebrew consonants YHVH [syn: Yahweh, YHWH, Yahveh,
          YHVH, Yahve, Wahvey, Jahvey, Jahweh, Jehovah,
          JHVH]