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{{also|jah}}
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==English==
==English==
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===Alternative forms===
* {{l|en|Yah}}


===Proper noun===
===Proper noun===
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# {{context|religion}} shortened form of [[Jehovah]], God's personal name in the [[Bible]]. Often appearing as part of Biblical names as "-iah", or "Jeho-" as in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Jehoshua, and Jehosaphat, and Hebrew words like "[[hallelujah]]".
# {{lb|en|religion}} {{n-g|A shortened form of [[Yahweh]] or [[Jehovah]], God's personal name in the [[Bible]]. Often appearing as part of Biblical names as "-iah", or "Jeho-" as in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Jehoshua, and Jehosaphat, and Hebrew words like {{m|he|הַלְּלוּיָהּ||[[hallelujah]]}}.}}
# {{rasta}} [[God]]
# {{lb|en|rasta}} [[God]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2022|author=Ayanna Lloyd Banwo|title=When We Were Birds|publisher=Hamish Hamilton|page=13|passage=So [...] he say a prayer of thanks because '''Jah''' know.}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|shortened form of Jehovah}}
{{trans-top|shortened form of Jehovah}}
* Hebrew: {{t-|he|יה}}, {{t+|he|יהוה}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|יה}}, {{t+|he|יהוה}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Estonian: {{t-|et|Yes}}
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===See also===
===See also===
* [[Jehovah]]
* {{l|en|Jehovah}}
* [[Yahweh]]
* {{l|en|Yahweh}}
* [[Tetragrammaton]]
* {{l|en|Tetragrammaton}}


===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ahj|Jha|haj}}
* [[haj#English|haj]]


[[Category:en:Biblical derivations]]
[[Category:English terms derived from the Bible]]
[[Category:en:God]]
[[Category:en:God]]
[[Category:en:Gods]]
[[Category:en:Gods]]

[[hu:Jah]]
[[tr:Jah]]

Latest revision as of 23:13, 16 January 2023

See also: jah and jäh

English

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Alternative forms

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Proper noun

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Jah

  1. (religion) A shortened form of Yahweh or Jehovah, God's personal name in the Bible. Often appearing as part of Biblical names as "-iah", or "Jeho-" as in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Jehoshua, and Jehosaphat, and Hebrew words like הַלְּלוּיָהּ (“hallelujah”).
  2. (Rastafari) God.
    • 2022, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds, Hamish Hamilton, page 13:
      So [...] he say a prayer of thanks because Jah know.

Translations

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God — see God

See also

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Anagrams

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