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)
- Jehovah
See also
- ヱホバ (Ehoba)
- エホバの証人 (Ehoba no Shōnin)
- ヤハウェ (Yahawe)
References
- “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