Where does “יהוה” come from?

יהוה (Hebrew) comes from Proto-Semitic *haway- — to be, to become, to fall, to happen.

יהוה (Hebrew): YHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh

Definitions

  1. YHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh

Ancestry of “יהוה”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semitic*haway-to be, to become, to fall, to happen

Words derived from “יהוה”

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