yhvh

Other forms of yhvh

plural

yhvhs·

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 yhvh

What does yhvh mean?

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

How many syllables are in yhvh?

yhvh has 1 syllable: yhvh.

What is another word for yhvh?

Close synonyms include Yahweh, YHWH, Yahwe, Yahveh, 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 yhvh a common word?

yhvh is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.