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Yhwh vs Allah - What's the difference?

yhwh | allah |

As proper nouns the difference between yhwh and allah

is that yhwh is known as the "tetragrammaton", the four hebrew letters which are transliterated into the latin alphabet as yhwh (or ihvh, jhvh, or yhvh) usually vowels are added to produce the spelling jehovah or yahweh while allah is allah.

yhwh

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • Known as the "Tetragrammaton", the four Hebrew letters which are transliterated into the Latin alphabet as YHWH (or IHVH, JHVH, or YHVH). Usually vowels are added to produce the spelling Jehovah or Yahweh.

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "YHWH") English terms derived from Hebrew

    allah

    English

    (wikipedia Allah) ("Allah on Wikiquote")

    Proper noun

    (-)
  • God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts
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    • , title = The Vampire Armand, location = New York, publisher = Knopf , isbn = 9780679454472, ol = 354828M, page = 273 , passage = We are too much men and women; we are yet formed in the image of the Creator, and what can we say of Him with any certainty except that He, whoever He may be—Christ, Yahweh, Allah —He made us, did He not, because even He in His Infinite Perfection could not bear to be alone.}}
    What is the Shia Islamic view on the attributes of Allah ?

    Derived terms

    * ayatollah, Hezbollah

    Usage notes

    While the Arabic to Islamic contexts only. Various newspaper style manuals recommend translating the Arabic word in English as God , as this better reflects Arabic usage, but the term is often left untranslated in Islamic contexts. Thus either “Allah is great” or “God is great” may be seen.

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    Anagrams

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