YHWH
E108211
YHWH is the personal name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible, regarded as the supreme, covenant-making and covenant-keeping deity in Jewish and Christian traditions.
All labels observed (25)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yahweh | 34 |
| God of Israel | 21 |
| YHWH canonical | 18 |
| Tetragrammaton | 6 |
| Adonai | 3 |
| the God of Israel | 3 |
| Yah (Yahweh) | 2 |
| Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh | 1 |
| Elohim | 1 |
| HaShem | 1 |
| Hebrew phrase "YHWH Sabaoth" | 1 |
| Hebrew phrase "YHWH Tzevaot" | 1 |
| Holy One of Israel | 1 |
| Jehovah | 1 |
| Jehovah in the Old Testament | 1 |
| Tetragrammaton YHWH | 1 |
| YHVH Tzavaot | 1 |
| YHWH (the divine name) | 1 |
| Yahweh (short form) | 1 |
| Yo (Yahweh) | 1 |
| Yo refers to Yahweh | 1 |
| tetragrammaton YHWH | 1 |
| the LORD | 1 |
| the LORD (YHWH) | 1 |
| יהוה | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T917725 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: YHWH Context triple: [Shaddai, relatedNameOfGod, YHWH]
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A.
חַוָּה
חַוָּה is the Hebrew name of Eve, the first woman in the biblical creation narrative in the Book of Genesis.
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B.
Shaddai
Shaddai is a Hebrew name for God, often associated with divine protection and power in Jewish tradition.
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C.
ebed YHWH
ebed YHWH is a Hebrew term meaning “servant of the Lord,” most famously associated with the prophetic figure known as the Suffering Servant in the Book of Isaiah.
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D.
Ohr Ein Sof
Ohr Ein Sof is a Kabbalistic term referring to the infinite, boundless divine light that emanates from the unknowable essence of God before any creation or limitation.
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E.
Jebus
Jebus is the ancient Canaanite name for the city later known as Jerusalem.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: YHWH Target entity description: YHWH is the personal name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible, regarded as the supreme, covenant-making and covenant-keeping deity in Jewish and Christian traditions.
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A.
חַוָּה
חַוָּה is the Hebrew name of Eve, the first woman in the biblical creation narrative in the Book of Genesis.
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B.
Shaddai
Shaddai is a Hebrew name for God, often associated with divine protection and power in Jewish tradition.
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C.
ebed YHWH
ebed YHWH is a Hebrew term meaning “servant of the Lord,” most famously associated with the prophetic figure known as the Suffering Servant in the Book of Isaiah.
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D.
Ohr Ein Sof
Ohr Ein Sof is a Kabbalistic term referring to the infinite, boundless divine light that emanates from the unknowable essence of God before any creation or limitation.
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E.
Jebus
Jebus is the ancient Canaanite name for the city later known as Jerusalem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Abrahamic God
ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ deity ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
YHWH
ⓘ
surface form:
Adonai
YHWH ⓘ
surface form:
HaShem
YHWH ⓘ
surface form:
Jehovah
YHWH ⓘ
surface form:
Yahweh
YHWH ⓘ
surface form:
the LORD
|
| appearsIn |
Book of Exodus
ⓘ
Book of Genesis ⓘ Psalms ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Psalms
|
| associatedWith |
Abrahamic covenant
ⓘ
Revelation at Mount Sinai ⓘ
surface form:
Covenant at Sinai
Mosaic covenant ⓘ Torah ⓘ |
| attribute |
covenant-keeping
ⓘ
creator of heaven and earth ⓘ eternal ⓘ holy ⓘ just ⓘ merciful ⓘ monotheistic deity ⓘ omnipotent ⓘ omnipresent ⓘ omniscient ⓘ supreme being ⓘ |
| category |
YHWH
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Tetragrammaton
|
| centralText |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
Tanakh ⓘ |
| commandedPractice |
Sabbath observance
ⓘ
ethical monotheism ⓘ |
| hasNameForm |
YHWH
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Tetragrammaton
|
| inChristianTheology | identified with the Father of Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian theology
ⓘ
Western religious thought ⓘ later Jewish theology ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| liturgicalSubstitute |
Adonai
ⓘ
Shaddai ⓘ
surface form:
HaShem
|
| numberOfLetters | 4 ⓘ |
| prohibition | name not pronounced in Jewish practice ⓘ |
| relationshipWith | people of Israel ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ Rastafari movement ⓘ
surface form:
Rastafari
Samaritanism ⓘ |
| revealedAt |
Burning bush
ⓘ
Mount Sinai ⓘ |
| revealedTo | Moses ⓘ |
| role |
YHWH
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
God of Israel
national deity of ancient Israel and Judah ⓘ |
| scripturalTradition | Masoretic Text ⓘ |
| selfRevelation |
I AM
ⓘ
surface form:
"I AM WHO I AM"
|
| title |
God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
ⓘ
YHWH self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Holy One of Israel
King of Israel ⓘ Lord of hosts ⓘ
surface form:
Lord of Hosts
|
| worshipCenter |
Jewish Temple
ⓘ
surface form:
Jerusalem Temple
|
| writingSystem | Hebrew alphabet ⓘ |
| writtenAs |
YHWH
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
יהוה
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: YHWH Description of subject: YHWH is the personal name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible, regarded as the supreme, covenant-making and covenant-keeping deity in Jewish and Christian traditions.
Referenced by (105)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
God of Israel
this entity surface form:
Elohim
this entity surface form:
Adonai
this entity surface form:
God of Israel
this entity surface form:
Yahweh
this entity surface form:
tetragrammaton YHWH
this entity surface form:
God of Israel
this entity surface form:
the God of Israel
this entity surface form:
Yahweh
this entity surface form:
God of Israel
this entity surface form:
Yahweh
this entity surface form:
God of Israel
this entity surface form:
Hebrew phrase "YHWH Tzevaot"
this entity surface form:
Hebrew phrase "YHWH Sabaoth"
this entity surface form:
Yahweh
this entity surface form:
the God of Israel
this entity surface form:
Adonai
this entity surface form:
Yahweh
this entity surface form:
Yahweh
this entity surface form:
God of Israel
this entity surface form:
Yahweh
this entity surface form:
God of Israel
this entity surface form:
Yahweh
this entity surface form:
Yahweh
this entity surface form:
Yahweh
this entity surface form:
Yo (Yahweh)
this entity surface form:
Tetragrammaton
this entity surface form:
Yahweh
this entity surface form:
Yahweh
this entity surface form:
Yahweh
subject surface form:
Samuel
this entity surface form:
Yahweh
subject surface form:
Samuel
this entity surface form:
Yahweh
this entity surface form:
Yahweh
subject surface form:
Tribe of Ephraim
this entity surface form:
Yahweh
this entity surface form:
Tetragrammaton
this entity surface form:
Yahweh
this entity surface form:
Jehovah
this entity surface form:
the LORD
this entity surface form:
HaShem
this entity surface form:
Adonai