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Yahwist

noun
Yah·wist
variants: or less commonly Jahvist or Jahwist or Yahvist \-wə̇st, -₋və̇- \
plural -s

Definition of Yahwist 

(Entry 1 of 2)

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

adjective
\ " \

Definition of Yahwist (Entry 2 of 2)

: yahwistic

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