YAHWIST


Meaning of YAHWIST in English

/yah"wist/ , n.

a writer of the earliest major source of the Hexateuch, in which God is characteristically referred to as Yahweh rather than Elohim.

Also, Yahvist /yah"vist/ , Jahvist, Jahwist . Cf. Elohist .

[ YAHW(EH) + -IST ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .