Definitions for Yahwist

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Yahwist Yah·wist

Spelling: [yah-wist]

IPA: /ˈyɑ wɪst/

Yahwist is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 151 anagrams from letters in Yahwist (ahistwy).

Definitions for Yahwist

noun

1. a writer of the earliest major source of the Hexateuch, in which God is characteristically referred to as Yahweh rather than Elohim.

Origin of Yahwist

Yahw(eh) + -ist

Examples for Yahwist

Then, at the brink of what might have been the end of the story for all of us, the Yahwist introduces a note of hope.

“The inclination of the human heart is evil from youth,” the Yahwist explains.

But, the Yahwist describes the Nephilim as “heroes that were of old, warriors of renown,” not as gods or even demi-gods.