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Title: Jehovah
Original Title: Jehova ou Jehovah
Volume and Page: Vol. 8 (1765), p. 507
Author: Denis Diderot (biography)
Translator: Malcolm Eden [University of London]
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Citation (MLA): Diderot, Denis. "Jehovah." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Malcolm Eden. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2008. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0000.919>. Trans. of "Jehova ou Jehovah," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 8. Paris, 1765.
Citation (Chicago): Diderot, Denis. "Jehovah." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Malcolm Eden. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0000.919 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Jehova ou Jehovah," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 8:507 (Paris, 1765).

Jehovah, proper noun for God in Hebrew. Its etymology, its force, its meaning, its vowels and its pronunciation have all given rise to volumes. It comes from the verb to be; Jehovah is he who is.