Word of the Day: Yahweh

In the Jewish faith, God's name was too holy to write or speak. "Yahweh" is the pronunciation of YHWH, the Herbrew written version of "I am", from Moses' meeting of God in Exodus 3:14

And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you.

Spelling out "YHWH" as "Yahweh" is believed by historians to originate from 1869, when it was theorized as a tetragrammaton of the Hebrew word hawah (one who is, the existing). Prior to this "YHWH" was written or printed, but pronounced "Yahweh".