יְהֹוִה

ye.ho.vih

YHWH/God

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Strong’s H3069Proper name, a title306 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Ezekiel217

Isaiah25

Amos21

Translated as

yahweh303

o yahweh3

In the text

2 Samuel 7:18יְהוִה
Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
Psalm 68:20וְלֵיהוִה
Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.
Isaiah 3:15יְהוִה
Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
Jeremiah 1:6יְהֹוִה
“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”
Ezekiel 2:4יְהֹוִה
They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’
Amos 1:8יְהוִה פ
I will cut off the ruler of Ashdod and the one who wields the scepter in Ashkelon. I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the Lord GOD.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

יהוה c. 6823 i.e. יַהְוֶה n.pr.dei Yahweh, the proper name of the God of Israel—(1. MT יְהֹוָה 6518 (Qr אֲדֹנָי), or יֱהֹוִה 305 (Qr אֱלֹהִים) 2. Many recent scholars explain יַהְוֶה as Hiph. of הוה (= היה) the one bringing into being, life-giver)

I. יהוה is not used by E in Gn, but is given Ex 3:12-15 as the name of the God who revealed Himself to Moses at Horeb

II.

1. יהוה is used with אלהים and suffixes, especially in D

2. the phrase † אֲנִי יהוה is noteworthy

3. יהוה is also used with several predicates, to form sacred names of holy places of Yahweh

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.