Jehovist

[ ji-hoh-vist ]

noun

1. Yahwist.

Jehovist

/ dʒɪˈhəʊvɪst; ˌdʒiːhəʊˈvɪstɪk /

noun

1. another name for the Yahwist
2. a person who maintains that the name YHVH in the Hebrew text of the Old Testament was originally pronounced Jehovah

adjective

1. of or relating to the Yahwist source of the Pentateuch

Derived Forms

• Jehovistic, adjective
• Jeˈhovism, noun

Other Words From

• Je·hovism noun
• Je·ho·vis·tic [jee-hoh-, vis, -tik, ji-hoh-], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Jehovist¹

First recorded in 1745–55; Jehov(ah) + -ist

Example Sentences

The system of the Jehovist is quite a different one.

From Project Gutenberg

What, moreover, in the Jehovist narrative bears a very marked impress of Chaldean origin is the part played in it by septennial periods; seven days intervening between the announcement and the beginning of the Deluge, seven between each sending forth of the birds.

From Project Gutenberg

And we have just pointed out the parts played by hebdomades as successive periods in that system of the duration of the flood, adopted by the author of the Jehovist documents inserted in Genesis, as well as by the compiler of the Chaldean Epic of Uruk.

From Project Gutenberg

It is well known, and has long been critically demonstrated, that chapters vi., vii., viii. and ix. of Genesis contain two different narratives of the Deluge, the one taken from the Elohist document, the other from the Jehovist, both being skilfully combined by the final editor.

From Project Gutenberg

And, on the other hand, it is the Jehovist alone who tells of the sending forth of the birds, which occupies a considerable place in the Chaldean tradition.

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