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A name of the Hebrew God ( See [[Hibiru | A name of the Hebrew God ( See [[Hibiru Tribes]]), represented in Hebrew by the tetragrammaton ("four letters") יהוה (Yod Heh Vav Heh), transliterated into Roman script Y H W H. Because it was considered blasphemous to utter the name of God it was only written and never spoken. This resulted in the original pronunciation being lost. | ||
The earliest putative reference to Yahweh in the historical record occurs in a list of Bedouin tribes of the Transjordan made by Amenhotep III (c. 1391 – 1353 BC) in the temple of Amon at Soleb. The place name appears to be associated with Asiatic nomads in the 14th to 13th centuries BC. A later mention from the era of Ramesses II (c. 1279 BC – 1213 BC). <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh Yahweh]</ref> | The earliest putative reference to Yahweh in the historical record occurs in a list of Bedouin tribes of the Transjordan made by Amenhotep III (c. 1391 – 1353 BC) in the temple of Amon at Soleb. The place name appears to be associated with Asiatic nomads in the 14th to 13th centuries BC. A later mention from the era of Ramesses II (c. 1279 BC – 1213 BC). <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh Yahweh]</ref> | ||