Word

יָהּ

Yâhh · H3050 · Hebrew · proper noun · 49 occurrences

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Meanings

Yah, YHWH

Short form of יהוה, only found in poetic texts

Examples
Exodus 15:2 “The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; This is my God, and I will praise Him; My father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
Exodus 17:16 and he said, “Because the LORD has sworn, the LORD will have war against Amalek from generation to generation.”
Isaiah 12:2 “Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; For the LORD GOD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.”

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Named alongside itApposition

3 occurrences in 2 groups

יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 2
אֱלֹהִיםGod, gods 1

What it doesIt is the subject

5 occurrences in 5 groups

יָסַרto discipline 1
עָנָהto answer 1
רָאָהto see 1
שָׁכַןto dwell, to settle 1
בָּחַרto choose 1

What is done to itIt is the object

32 occurrences in 5 groups

הָלַלto praise 27
רָאָהto see 2
בָרַךְto bless 1
יָדָהto give thanks, to praise, to confess 1
קָרָאto call, to cry out 1

What it is said to bePredicate

3 occurrences in 2 groups

זִמְרָתmusic 3
עֹזstrength, might 3

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

צוּרrock 1
שֵׁםname 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

בin/on/with 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

4 occurrences in 4 groups

כֵּסchair 1
מַעֲלָלdeeds 1
מַעֲשֶׂהwork, deed 1
שֵׁבֶטtribe, rod 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh · H3068 · YHWH: יָהּ (Yâhh, H3050) is the shortened, poetic/emphatic form (49 occurrences); יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, H3068) is the full tetragrammaton form (6513 occurrences), typically rendered "the LORD" in English translations.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Names of Deities003001004: יָהּ is the shortened form of the divine name, rendered 'the LORD,' used in praise formulas and embedded within many theophoric personal names ending in '-iah' or '-jah' (Exodus 15:2, 17:16).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3050. Yah יָהּ50 proper name, of deity contracted from יהוה, first appears in early…

H3050. Yah
יָהּ50 proper name, of deity contracted from יהוה, first appears in early poems; Exo 15:2 יָהּ וְזִמְרָת עָזִי My strength and song is Yah (cited Isa 12:2; Psa 118:14), compare the poetic extract יָהּ כֵּס עַל יָד = hand to the throne of Yah Exo 17:16 (E), the song of Hezekiah Isa 38:11 (repeated by dittography), יה להבת (א)שׁ (so read in preference to the שַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָה ᵑ0) = flame of fire from Yah Son 8:6; יהוה ביה Isa 26:4 (והיה sustained by Aq and the rhythmical movement, unless it be a mistake for שׁמו, compare Psa 68:5), אלהים יה Psa 68:19. Elsewhere יָהּ is used only in late Psalms, especially in the Hallels, in the phrase הַלֲלוּיָֿהּ praise ye Yah Psa 104:35; Psa 105:45; Psa 106:1; Psa 106:48; Psa 111:1; Psa 112:1; Psa 113:1; Psa 113:9; Psa 115:18; Psa 116:19; Psa 117:2; Psa 135:1; Psa 135:3; Psa 135:21; Psa 146:1; Psa 146:10; Psa 147:1; Psa 147:20; Psa 148:1; Psa 148:14; Psa 149:1; Psa 149:9; Psa 150:1; Psa 150:6, compare also יה יהלל Psa 102:19 יה יהללו Psa 115:17 יה תהלל Psa 150:6 (see הלל); in variant reading other phrases Psa 77:12; Psa 89:9; Psa 94:7; Psa 94:12; Psa 115:18; Psa 118:5 (twice in verse); Psa 118:17; Psa 118:18; Psa 118:19; Psa 122:4; Psa 130:3; Psa 135:4.
יָהּ proper name, of deity, see below הוה

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Names of Deities49 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0