Yahve

Variant of Yahweh

or Yahwe

noun

God: a form of the Hebrew name in the Old Testament
also Yahve or Yahveh

Origin: Heb, hypothetical reconstruction of the Tetragrammaton YHWH: first component, ya, Yahu, god < older Canaanite name

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