Giê-hô-va

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• Giê Hô Va
• Gia-vê (“Yahweh”)
• Thiên Chúa
• Chúa Trời

Etymology

French Jéhovah, with the <h> unmuted, therefore a partial orthographic borrowing from French.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ze˧˧ ho˧˧ vaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jej˧˧ how˧˧ vaː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jej˧˧ how˧˧ vaː˧˧] ~ [jej˧˧ how˧˧ jaː˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: giê hô va

Proper noun

Giê-hô-va

1. (biblical, Protestantism, Jehovah's Witnesses) Jehovah

   Đức Giê-hô-va

   Jehovah

   Nhân chứng Giê-hô-va

   the Jehovah's Witnesses

   • Exodus 20:2; 1925 Vietnamese translation by Phan Khôi et al.; 2021 English translation based on the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

     Ta là Giê-hô-va Đức Chúa Trời ngươi, đã rút ngươi ra khỏi xứ Ê-díp-tô, là nhà nô-lệ.

     I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.