Given name
Yhwh
“he who causes”·“whilst causing”
Yhwh is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewיהוה
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Yhwh means “he who causes "that-which-is" to be” or “whilst causing "that-which-can't-be" to fall.”
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Where it comes from
Yhwh is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb hawa (הוה).
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Yhwh’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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