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God, in Judaism
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yahweh
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
This article is about the national god of the Iron Age kingdoms of Samaria and Judah. For the Jewish conception of God, see God in Judaism . For other uses, see Yahweh (disambiguation) . See also: Tetragrammaton . Yahweh (, or often in English; ) is the ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1869, hypothetical reconstruction of the tetragrammaton YHWH (see Jehovah ), based on the assumption that the tetragrammaton is the imperfective of Hebrew verb hawah , earlier form of hayah "was," in the sense of "the one who is, the existing."
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context history of religion English) the name of the God of Israel worshipped by the Jahwist prophets in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah in antiquity
Usage examples of yahweh.
Theatans would not worship him, Yahweh went into a self-imposed exile.
Into this peaceful world Yahweh entered, taking on a bright and magnificent appearance, such as the people of earth had never seen, telling them that he was the one true god, their creator, and that they were to worship him and obey the laws he would give them.
And to compel the people to obey, he threatened an insanely harsh and unjust punishment: Yahweh said that if they ate from that tree, they would die.
There was a much more insidious reason that Yahweh chose such a ridiculous law: for the very fact that it was ridiculous!
But because Yahweh had already appeared to them, there was little choice.
He spoke to the woman first and explained that Yahweh had lied to them and that if they ate the fruit of the tree they would not die.
He told her that if she ate the fruit she would realize that Yahweh had lied and that he was not what he claimed to be, but was instead a cruel tyrant who would stop at nothing to control them.
That should have been enough to convince mankind for all generations that Yahweh was a liar, but within a few centuries that knowledge was lost.
The self-righteous hatred Yahweh promotes and which has led to so much religious persecution and so many wars in the past, is the very fuel by which he corrupts the human spirit.
At this point, Yahweh has just told Moses to go to Egypt and tell Pharaoh to free the people of Israel.
All of Egypt suffered as Yahweh dumped one plague after another on the unsuspecting people.
After Yahweh sent Moses on the mission to Egypt to talk to Pharaoh, he decided to kill Moses for doing the very thing he had told him to do!
And talk about bloodthirsty, have you ever read the gruesome details of how Yahweh instructed the Jewish priests to slaughter sacrificial animals?
In the eleventh chapter of Judges, verses 29 through 39 is an account of where Yahweh required a man named Jephthah to sacrifice his only child, a young daughter, as a burnt offering in return for a military victory over the Ammonites.
Moses and Balaam demonstrate, Yahweh changes his mind whenever he damned well pleases!