or Jahwistic (jɑːˈwɪstɪk), Yahvistic or Jahvistic (jɑːˈvɪstɪk)
adjective
Bible
of or relating to Yahwism, the Yahwist, or Yahweh
Yahwistic in American English
(jɑːˈwɪstɪk)
adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Yahwist
2.
of or pertaining to Yahwism
Also: Yahvistic, Jahvistic, Jahwistic
Word origin
[yahwist + -ic]-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)