Where does “Jehovah” come from?
Jehovah is an English rendering of the Biblical Hebrew יהוה and Hebrew יהוה, a divine name whose original meaning and pronunciation remain uncertain.
Jehovah (English): A Jehovah's Witness
Ancestry of “Jehovah”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hebrew | יְהֹוָה | — |
| 2 | Hebrew | יהוה | YHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh |
| 3 | Proto-Semitic | *haway- | — |
Words derived from “Jehovah”