Giê-hô-va

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

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˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [jej˧˧ how˧˧ vaː˧˧] ~ [jej˧˧ how˧˧ jaː˧˧]

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
    • 1925, “Xuất Ê-díp-tô Ký 20 [Exodus 20]”, in Kinh Thánh [The Holy Bible]:
      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 liberated you from the land of Egypt, the house of slavery.
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