Lexical Summary Yah: the name of the God of Israel Original Word: יָהּTransliteration: Yah Phonetic Spelling: (yaw) Part of Speech: Proper Name Short Definition: the name of the God of Israel Meaning: LORD -- the name of the God of Israel Strong's Concordance Jah, the LordContraction for Yhovah, and meaning the same; Jah, the sacred name -- Jah, the Lord, most vehement. Compare names in "-iah," "- jah." see HEBREW Yhovah Brown-Driver-Briggs H3050. Yah יָהּ50 proper name, of deity contracted from יהוה, first appears in early poems; Exodus 15:2 יָהּ וְזִמְרָת עָזִי My strength and song is Yah (cited Isaiah 12:2; Psalm 118:14), compare the poetic extract יָהּ כֵּס עַל יָד = hand to the throne of Yah Exodus 17:16 (E), the song of Hezekiah Isaiah 38:11 (repeated by dittography), יה להבת (א)שׁ (so read in preference to the שַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָה ᵑ0) = flame of fire from Yah Song of Solomon 8:6; יהוה ביה Isaiah 26:4 (והיה sustained by Aq and the rhythmical movement, unless it be a mistake for שׁמו, compare Psalm 68:5), אלהים יה 68:19. Elsewhere יָהּ is used only in late Psalms, especially in the Hallels, in the phrase הַלֲלוּיָֿהּ praise ye Yah 104:35; 105:45; 106:1; 106:48; 111:1; 112:1; 113:1; 113:9; 115:18; 116:19; 117:2; 135:1; 135:3; 135:21; 146:1; 146:10; 147:1; 147:20; 148:1; 148:14; 149:1; 149:9; 150:1; 150:6, compare also יה יהלל 102:19 יה יהללו 115:17 יה תהלל 150:6 (see הלל); in variant reading other phrases 77:12; 89:9; 94:7; 94:12; 115:18; 118:5 (twice in verse); 118:17; 118:18; 118:19; 122:4; 130:3; 135:4. יָהּ proper name, of deity, see below הוה |
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