Yah·weh (yä?w?, -w?) also Yah·veh (-v?, -v?) or Jah·veh (yä?v?, -v?) or Jah·weh (yä?w?, -w?)n. A name for God thought to represent the original pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton among the ancient Hebrews.[Conventional pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton, written in Hebrew as yhwh; see hwy in Semitic roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Yahweh (?j??we?) or Jahweh; Yahveh (?j??ve?) or Jahvehn (Bible) Old Testament a vocalization of the Tetragrammaton, used esp by Christian theologians[from Hebrew, from YHVH, with conjectural vowels; perhaps related to h?w?h to be; see also Jehovah]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Yah?weh or Jah?weh (?y? w?) also Yah?veh, Jah?veh (-v?) n. a name of God, transliterated by scholars from the Tetragrammaton and commonly rendered Jehovah. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.