Definitions for yahwistˈyɑ wɪst; -vɪst
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Yah•wistˈyɑ wɪst; -vɪst(n.)
also Yah•vist
a writer of the earliest major source of the Hexateuch, in which God is characteristically referred to as Yahweh rather than
Elohim.
Category: Judaism
Ref: Compare Elohist.
Yah•wis′tic(adj.)
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