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[[File:Zeus Yahweh.jpg|thumb|alt=A coin showing a bearded figure seating on a winged wheel, holding a bird on his outstretched hand|The [[God on the Winged Wheel coin]], a 4th-century BCE silver coin from the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persia]]n period, possibly representing Yahweh enthroned on a [[winged wheel]].{{sfn|Edelman|1995|p=190}}{{sfn|Stavrakopoulou|2021|pp=411–412, 742}} This identification is disputed, however.{{sfn|Pyschny|2021|pp=26–27}}]]
'''Yahweh'''{{efn|name="name"|1={{IPAc-en|ˈ|j|ɑː|hw|eɪ}}, or often {{IPAc-en|ˈ|j|ɑː|w|eɪ}} in English; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 in [[Paleo-Hebrew alphabet|Paleo-Hebrew]]; [[Tetragrammaton#Yahweh|reconstructed]] in {{langx|he|{{Script/Hebrew|*יַהְוֶה}}|label=block script}} *''Yahwe'', {{IPA|he|jahˈwe|}}}} was an ancient [[Levant]]ine deity, the [[national god]] of the [[Israelites|Israelite]] kingdoms of [[Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)|Israel]] and [[Kingdom of Judah|Judah]].{{sfn|Miller|Hayes|1986|p=110}}{{sfn|Niehr|1995|p=54-55}} Though no consensus exists regarding the deity's origins,{{sfn|Fleming|2020|p=3}} scholars generally contend that Yahweh is associated with [[Mount Seir|Seir]], [[Edom]], [[Desert of Paran|Paran]] and [[Teman (Edom)|Teman]],{{sfn|Smith|2017|p=42}} and later with [[Canaan]]. The origins of his worship reach at least to the early [[Iron Age]], and likely to the Late [[Bronze Age]], if not somewhat earlier.{{sfn|Miller|2000|p=1}} Although the [[Yahwism|religion of Israelites]] was [[Polytheism|polytheistic]] prior to the [[Babylonian captivity]],{{efn|{{harvnb|Sommer|2009|loc=p. 145: "It is a commonplace of modern biblical scholarship that Israelite religion prior to the Babylonian exile was basically polytheistic. [...] Many scholars argue that ancient Israelites worshipped a plethora of gods and goddesses [...]."}}}} the deity of Yahweh later evolved into the concepts of [[God]] in [[God in Judaism|Judaism]] and [[Samaritanism#Beliefs|Samaritanism]], which are strictly monotheistic.
In the oldest [[biblical]] literature, he possesses attributes typically ascribed to [[Weather god|weather]] and [[List of war deities|war deities]], fructifying the land and leading the [[Heavenly host#Tanakh|heavenly army]] against Israel's enemies.{{sfn|Hackett|2001|pp=158–59}} The early [[Israelites]] may have leaned towards [[polytheistic]] practices as their worship apparently included a variety of [[Ancient Canaanite religion|Canaanite gods and goddesses]], including [[El (deity)|El]], [[Asherah]] and [[Baal]].{{sfn|Smith|2002|page=7}}
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