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エホバ

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Japanese

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Etymology

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From Biblical Hebrew יְהֹוָה (YHWH), which is often rendered as ヤハウェ (Yahawe) in Japanese texts. This version is influenced by versions of the name in Christian translations[1] such as Portuguese Jeová, English Jehovah.

[jehoβa] → [ehoba]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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エホバ • (Ehoba) ←ヱホバ (Wefoba)?

  1. Jehovah

See also

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References

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  1. ^ “ヤハウェ”, in 改訂新版 世界大百科事典 (Kaitei Shinpan Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Revised Edition”)‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2007, →ISBN
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