What is "yahwe"

Yahweh \Yah"weh\ (y[aum]"w[e^]), Yahwe \Yah"we\, n. Also Jahveh \Jah"veh\ (y[aum]"w[e^]), Jahve \Jah"ve\, etc. A modern transliteration of the Hebrew word translated Jehovah in the Bible; -- used by some critics to discriminate the tribal god of the ancient Hebrews from the Christian Jehovah. Yahweh or Yahwe is the spelling now generally adopted by scholars.