Yah|wist

Yah|wist
Yah|wist «YAH wihst», noun, adjective.
–n.
the writer or writers of certain portions of the Old Testament, forming a separate source of the Hexateuch, characterized by the use of the name Yahweh for God.
–adj.
1. = Yahwistic. (Cf. ↑Yahwistic)
2. of or having to do with Yahwism: »

The primitive Yahwist faith of Israel…preached an afterlife (Time).

 Also, Jahvist, Jehovist.

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  • wist — un·wist; wist·ful; wist·ful·ness; wist·less; wist; yah·wist; wist·ful·ly; …   English syllables

  • yahwist — yah·wist …   English syllables

  • Yahwist — Yah•wist [[t]ˈyɑ wɪst[/t]] also Yah•vist [[t] vɪst[/t]] n. jud a writer of the earliest major source of the Hexateuch, in which God is characteristically referred to as Yahweh rather than Elohim[/ex] Compare Elohist Yah•wis′tic, adj …   From formal English to slang

  • Yahwist — /yah wist/, n. a writer of the earliest major source of the Hexateuch, in which God is characteristically referred to as Yahweh rather than Elohim. Also, Yahvist /yah vist/, Jahvist, Jahwist. Cf. Elohist. [YAHW(EH) + IST] * * * …   Universalium

  • Jahvist — Yahwist Yah wist, n. Also Jahvist Jah vist, Jahwist Jah wist, older Jehovist Je*ho vist The author of the passages of the Old Testament, esp. those of the Hexateuch, in which God is styled Yahweh, or Jehovah; the author of the Yahwistic, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Jahwist — Yahwist Yah wist, n. Also Jahvist Jah vist, Jahwist Jah wist, older Jehovist Je*ho vist The author of the passages of the Old Testament, esp. those of the Hexateuch, in which God is styled Yahweh, or Jehovah; the author of the Yahwistic, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Jehovist — Yahwist Yah wist, n. Also Jahvist Jah vist, Jahwist Jah wist, older Jehovist Je*ho vist The author of the passages of the Old Testament, esp. those of the Hexateuch, in which God is styled Yahweh, or Jehovah; the author of the Yahwistic, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Yahwist — Yah wist, n. Also Jahvist Jah vist, Jahwist Jah wist, older Jehovist Je*ho vist The author of the passages of the Old Testament, esp. those of the Hexateuch, in which God is styled Yahweh, or Jehovah; the author of the Yahwistic, or Jehovistic,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Jahvist — Jahvistic, Jahwistic, adj. /yah vist/, n. Yahwist. Also, Jahwist /yah wist/. * * * …   Universalium

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