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