Lexical Definition

‎יָהּ‎ Yâhh (yaw) LORD ^N:N-M-P
contraction for ‎יְהֹוָה‎, and meaning the same

Jah, the Lord, most vehement. Compare names in '-iah,' '-jah.'

• Jah, the sacred name

1) Jah (Jehovah in the shortened form)
1a) the proper name of the one true God
1b) used in many compounds
1b1) names beginning with the letters 'Je'
1b2) names ending with 'iah' or 'jah'

See Greek: ἀλληλουϊα

Extended Information

name of: יְהֹוָה

• A shortened form of the name ye.ho.vah (‎יהוה‎ "LORD" יְהֹוָה)
• used in many compounds as the letters 'Je' or 'jah'

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יָהּ‎₅₀ proper name, of deity contracted from ‎יהוה‎, first appears in early poems; Exod 15:2 ‎עָזִי וְזִמְרָת יָהּ‎ My strength and song is Yah (cited Isa 12:2; Ps 118:14), compare the poetic extract ‎יָד עַל כֵּס יָהּ‎ = hand to the throne of Yah Exod 17:16 (E), the song of Hezekiah Isa 38:11 (repeated by dittography), ‎(א)שׁ להבת יה‎ (so read in preference to the ᵑ0 ‎שַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָה‎) = flame of fire from Yah Song 8:6 ‎ביה יהוה‎ Isa 26:4 (‎והיה‎ sustained by Aq and the rhythmical movement, unless it be a mistake for ‎שׁמו‎, compare Ps 68:5*), ‎יה אלהים‎ Ps 68:19*. Elsewhere ‎יָהּ‎ is used only in late Psalms, especially in the Hallels, in the phrase ‎הַלֲלוּיָֿהּ‎ praise ye Yah Ps 104:35; Ps 105:45; Ps 106:1; Ps 106:48; Ps 111:1; Ps 112:1; Ps 113:1; Ps 113:9; Ps 115:18; Ps 116:19; Ps 117:2; Ps 135:1; Ps 135:3; Ps 135:21; Ps 146:1; Ps 146:10; Ps 147:1; Ps 147:20; Ps 148:1; Ps 148:14; Ps 149:1; Ps 149:9; Ps 150:1; Ps 150:6, compare also ‎יהלל יה‎ Ps 102:19* ‎יהללו יה‎ Ps 115:17 ‎תהלל יה‎ Ps 150:6 (see ‎הלל‎); in variant reading other phrases Ps 77:12*; Ps 89:9*; Ps 94:7; Ps 94:12; Ps 115:18; Ps 118:5 (twice in verse); Ps 118:17; Ps 118:18; Ps 118:19; Ps 122:4; Ps 130:3; Ps 135:4.

‎יָהּ‎ proper name, of deity, see below ‎הוה‎

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