Yahwist

1 of 2

noun

Yah·​wist

variants or less commonly Jahvist or Jahwist or Yahvist

-wə̇st,

-₋və̇-

plural -s

1

: the author of the Yahwistic or J passages of the Old Testament which refer to God as Yahweh and which are believed to have emanated from Judah, the southern kingdom of the ancient Israelites

called also Jehovist

compare jehovah

2

: a worshiper of Yahweh

Yahwist

2 of 2

adjective

"

: yahwistic

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