yahweh

Other forms of yahweh

plural

yahwehs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about yahweh

What does yahweh mean?

yahweh means "a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH".

How many syllables are in yahweh?

yahweh has 2 syllables: yah-weh. The stress falls on "yah". In IPA it is /ˈjɑˌwɛ/.

What is another word for yahweh?

Close synonyms include YHWH, Yahwe, Yahveh, YHVH, Yahve. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is yahweh a common word?

yahweh is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.