yah·weh noun alsojah·vehorjah·wehoryah·vehorjah·veorjah·weoryah·vèoryah·weorja·vé\ˈyä(ˌ)w]ā, ˈyȧ(-, -)v], ]e\ (-s) Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Hebrew Yhwh : god II — used as a scholarly transliteration of the Hebrew tetragrammaton; compare jehovah, yah, YHWH