3. A raw countryman; a lout; a greenhorn. [U. S.]
YAHWEH; YAHWE; JAHVEH; JAHVE
Yah"weh, Yah"we, n. Also Jah"veh, Jah"ve, etc.
Defn: A modern transliteration of the Hebrew word translated Jehovah in the Bible; — used by some critics to discriminate the tribal god of the ancient Hebrews from the Christian Jehovah. Yahweh or Yahwe is the spelling now generally adopted by scholars.
YAHWISM; JAHVISM
Yah"wism, n. Also Jah"vism.
1. The religion or worship of Yahweh (Jehovah), or the system of doctrines, etc., connected with it.
2. Use of Yahweh as a name of God.
YAHWIST; JAHVIST; JAHWIST; JEHOVIST
Yah"wist, n. Also Jah"vist, Jah"wist, older Je*ho"vist.
Defn: The author of the passages of the Old Testament, esp. those of the Hexateuch, in which God is styled Yahweh, or Jehovah; the author of the Yahwistic, or Jehovistic, Prophetic Document (J); also, the document itself.
YAJUR-VEDA
Yaj"ur-Ve"da, n. Etym: [Skr. yajur-v.]
Defn: See Veda.