jehovah
/d͡ʒəˈhoʊ.və/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A transliteration of the Masoretic pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
name
A male given name from Hebrew.
Example Sentences
- "2 And God spake vnto Moses, and said vnto him, I am the Lord. 3 And I appeared vnto Abraham, vnto Isaac, and vnto Iacob, by the Name of God Almighty, but by my name IEHOVAH was I not knowen to them."
- "After Serena Williams’ win at Wimbledon today, she will likely say — as she usually does after a big win — “I want to thank Jehovah God.”[…] “I have to thank Jehovah God for this,” Serena Williams told the crowd after receiving the trophy at the Australian Open in January, her sixth win there."
- "Stop! Stop, will you?! Stop that! Stop it! Now, look! No one is to stone anyone until I blow this whistle! Do you understand?! Even, and I want to make this absolutely clear, even if they do say Jehovah."
- "I've never had Jehovahs at my door, but the other day two Mormons came to my door."
Etymology
Transliteration of Hebrew יְהֹוָה (yəhōwā), the Masoretic vocalization of the Biblical Hebrew יהוה (variously pronounced). The Masoretic vocalization is a so-called qere perpetuum, the deliberate insertion of the vowels of another word than the one represented by the consonant text, in this case אֲדֹנָי (“my lord”) ('Adonai'). Continuing earlier Iehoua. In English, the name is first attested in 1530, in Tyndale's Bible: I appeared vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob an allmightie God: but in my name Iehouah was I not knowne vnto them (Exodus 6:3). Tyndale used Iehouah instead of Wycliffe's Adonay. The KJV also has Jehovah in this verse specifically, while it uses Lord otherwise. Young's Literal Translation (1898) has Jehovah. The New King James Version (1982) has Lord.
Word Breakdown
- Root: יהוה
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /d͡ʒəˈhoʊ.və/
- British English: /d͡ʒəˈhəʊ.və/