Jehovah

Etymology
Transliteration of Hebrew  יְהֹוָה, the Masoretic vocalization  of the Biblical Hebrew יהוה. The Masoretic vocalization is a so-called  qeri perpetuum, the deliberate insertion of the vowels of another word than the one represented by the consonant text, in  this case "adonai" (אדני) "my lord".

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). Wyclif's Bible used Adonay instead of Tyndale's Iehouah. 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.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The personal name of God in the Hebrew Scriptures; in Hebrew, יהוה (YHVH)

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto: Jehovo
 * Fijian: Jiova
 * Finnish:
 * French: Jéhovah
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Igbo:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: エホバ
 * Korean: 여호와


 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: Јехова
 * Navajo:
 * Polish: Jehowa
 * Russian: Иегова
 * Samoan: Ieova
 * Spanish: Jehová
 * Swahili: Yehova
 * Tongan:
 * Vietnamese: Giê-hô-va
 * Xhosa: uYehova
 * Zulu: uJehova


 * Chinese:
 * : (Iâ-hô-hoa)



Noun

 * 1)  A Jehovah's Witness.
 * 2) * I've never had Jehovahs at my door, but the other day two Mormons came to my door.