Giê-hô-va

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

French Jéhovah, with the <h> unmuted, therefore a partial orthographic borrowing from French.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ze˧˧ ho˧˧ vaː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jej˧˧ how˧˧ vaː˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jej˧˧ how˧˧ vaː˧˧] ~ [jej˧˧ how˧˧ jaː˧˧]
  • Phonetic spelling: giê hô va

Proper noun

Giê-hô-va

  1. (biblical, Protestantism, Jehovah's Witnesses) Jehovah
    Đức Giê-hô-va
    Jehovah
    Nhân chứng Giê-hô-va
    the Jehovah's Witnesses
    • Exodus 20:2; 1925 Vietnamese translation by Phan Khôi et al.; 2021 English translation based on the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
      Ta là Giê-hô-va Đức Chúa Trời ngươi, đã rút ngươi ra khỏi xứ Ê-díp-tô, là nhà nô-lệ.
      I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.