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Jah or Yah (Hebrew: יָהּ , Yāh) is a short form of the tetragrammaton יהוה (YHWH), the personal name of God: Yahweh, which the ancient Israelites used. The conventional Christian English pronunciation of Jah is / ˈ dʒ ɑː /, even though the letter J here transliterates the palatal approximant (Hebrew י Yodh).
Jan 4, 2022 · Rasta takes its term for “god,” Jah, from the King James Version’s translation of Psalm 68:4, which reads, in part, “Extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.” The name for God in this verse is a shortened version of the tetragrammaton, YHWH.
Mar 23, 2023 · Brown-Driver-Briggs says Yah is a contracted form of YHWH bearing all the full meaning of YHWH, but it does not delineate how this process occurs. The same source indicates that this is a poetic form used in song. A glance at the references to the 48 passages in which it occurs affirms this.
Also abbreviated Jah, the most common name of God in the Hebrew Bible is the Tetragrammaton, יהוה, that is usually transcribed as YHWH. Hebrew script is an abjad , so that the letters in the name are normally consonants, usually expanded as Yahweh in English.
Jah (Jehovah), the abbreviated form of Jehovah, used only in poetry. It occurs frequently in the Hebrew, but with a single exception, ( Psalms 68:4) is rendered "Lord" in the Authorized Version. The identity of Jah and Jehovah is strongly marked in two passages of Isaiah-- ( Isaiah 12:2; 26:4) .
Smith's Bible Dictionary. Jah. ( Jehovah ), the abbreviated form of Jehovah, used only in poetry. It occurs frequently in the Hebrew, but with a single exception, ( Psalms 68:4) is rendered "Lord" in the Authorized Version.
Nov 30, 2023 · Jah, also known as Yahweh or Jehovah, is one of the most common names for God found in the Bible. This ancient Hebrew word, translated into English as Jehovah, is used over 6800 times in the Old Testament alone.
Oct 14, 2023 · Though ‘Jah’ is mentioned in the Bible, the way in which it is used in the Rasta faith is more of an expression of the personification of God. Jah is used to refer to not just a name for God, but for his principles and beliefs related to love, justice and compassion.
Jah, the Lord. Contraction for Yhovah, and meaning the same; Jah, the sacred name -- Jah, the Lord, most vehement. Compare names in "-iah," "- jah." see HEBREW Yhovah
Short form of Yahweh. See Names of God.
