יָהּ
Yâhh · yaw
Jah, the sacred name
Lexicon
Derivation: contraction for H3068 (יְהֹוָה), and meaning the same;
Jah, the sacred name
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jah, the Lord, most vehement. Compare names in '-iah,' '-jah.'
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to reveal, behold
The hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָהּ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
48 occurrences · 48 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- ye the lord22 · 45%
- the lord12 · 24%
- of the lord3 · 6%
- for the lord2 · 4%
- because the lord1 · 2%
- jah1 · 2%
- also, that the lord1 · 2%
- lord1 · 2%
- o lord1 · 2%
- not the lord1 · 2%
- upon the lord1 · 2%
- if thou, lord1 · 2%
- for in the lord1 · 2%
- even the lord1 · 2%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.