Personal name · Hebrew
יהוה
“to fall, happen, be, become”
יהוה (YHWH) is a given name, possibly from Proto-Semitic and perhaps meaning “to fall, happen, be, become.” It is used in Hebrew.
HebrewWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: Yhwh.
Meaning & origin
What it means
יהוה possibly means “to fall, happen, be, become.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Possibly from Proto-Semitic *haway- (“to fall, happen, be, become”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
יהוה’s family of names
In Hebrew usage, יהוה has a later derivative in 야훼.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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