A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH.
1And I took from it the Ariels of Yahveh, and tore them before Chemosh.
2For the sake of Boaz she would accept Yahveh.
3Assur was not a Baal any more than Yahveh was in Israel or Chemosh in Moab.
4Further, the prophets assumed to know and declare Yahveh's will on public affairs, especially on the government of the nation.
5The final idea of Yahveh accepted by the Hebrews was not the product of a sudden revelation but of a gradual evolution.
6The Hebrews, in proclaiming their Yahveh as the one and supreme deity, were but following what they had assimilated from the Egyptians.
7The constant idea is of Yahveh, ruler of the world and its inhabitants, the judge of the wicked and friend of the good.
8The true name of Satan, the Kabalists say, is that of Yahveh reversed; for Satan is not a black god, but the negation of God.
9The prophets spoke out of an exaltation of which no other account was given than it was the inspiration of Yahveh,-"Thussaith the Lord!"