Jah

E159191
Rastafarian religious concept name of God theonym

Jah is the Rastafarian name for God, revered as a living, guiding spiritual presence often identified with Haile Selassie I.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jah canonical 3
Jah Rastafari 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Rastafarian religious concept ⓘ
name of God ⓘ
theonym ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jah ⓘ
surface form: Jah Rastafari

Yah ⓘ
YHWH ⓘ
surface form: Yahweh (short form)
appearsIn King James Version ⓘ
surface form: King James Version (as JAH in Psalm 68:4)

Psalms ⓘ
associatedMovement Rastafari movement ⓘ
associatedWith Ethiopianism ⓘ
Pan-Africanism (religious dimension) ⓘ
attribute justice ⓘ
liberation ⓘ
love ⓘ
righteousness ⓘ
conceptualizedAs guiding spiritual force ⓘ
immanent presence in believers ⓘ
connectedTo Ethiopian Orthodox imagery in Rastafari ⓘ
culturalRegion Caribbean ⓘ
Jamaica ⓘ
derivedFrom YHWH ⓘ
surface form: Tetragrammaton YHWH
hasTitle Almighty ⓘ
Emperor of Ethiopia ⓘ
surface form: King of Kings (via Haile Selassie I)

Most High ⓘ
identifiedWith Haile Selassie I ⓘ
influenced reggae music ⓘ
roots reggae lyrics ⓘ
invokedIn Rastafarian chants ⓘ
Rastafarian prayers ⓘ
reggae songs ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Hebrew ⓘ
linkedToPerson Haile Selassie I as earthly manifestation ⓘ
meaning God ⓘ
nameType short form of divine name ⓘ
relatedConcept Babylon system ⓘ
surface form: Babylon (as opposing system)

Zion (in Rastafari) ⓘ
religion Rastafari movement ⓘ
surface form: Rastafari
roleInRastafari central deity ⓘ
indwelling spiritual presence ⓘ
scripturalSource Bible ⓘ
surface form: Christian Bible

Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
usedInPhrase Hallelujah (praise Jah) ⓘ
veneratedBy Rastafarians ⓘ
some Christian groups using the name Jah ⓘ
worshipForm Nyabinghi ceremonies ⓘ
surface form: Nyabinghi drumming and chanting
worshippedAs creator ⓘ
living God ⓘ
supreme being ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haile Selassie I is divine → associatedWith → Jah ⓘ
subject surface form: "Haile Selassie I is divine"
Haile Selassie I is divine → relatedConcept → Jah ⓘ
subject surface form: "Haile Selassie I is divine"
this entity surface form: Jah Rastafari
Nyabinghi order → venerates → Jah ⓘ
Master Blaster (Jammin') → lyricalReference → Jah ⓘ
Jah → alsoKnownAs → Jah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jah Rastafari
International Herb → hasTrack → Jah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jah Rastafari