noun
also jah·veh or jah·weh or yah·veh or jah·ve or jah·we or yah·vè or yah·we or ja·vé ˈyä(ˌ)w]ā, ˈyȧ(-, -)v], ]e\
( -s )
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Hebrew Yhwh
: god II — used as a scholarly transliteration of the Hebrew tetragrammaton; compare jehovah , yah , YHWH