エホバ

Japanese

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): [e̞ho̞ba̠]

Proper noun

エホバ • (Ehoba) 

  1. Jehovah

See also

References
  1. “ヤハウェ”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
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