Yah

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divine name short form of a name theonym

Yah is a shortened form of the Hebrew divine name often used in religious texts and songs to refer to the God of Israel.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Yah (short form of the Tetragrammaton)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	divine name ⓘ short form of a name ⓘ theonym ⓘ
appearsAsElementInNames	Hebrew theophoric names ⓘ
appearsIn	Psalms NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Hebrew liturgy ⓘ Jewish prayer ⓘ biblical poetry ⓘ
category	Hebrew divine names ⓘ names of God in Judaism ⓘ
componentOf	Hallelujah ⓘ
etymologicalOrigin	Tetragrammaton YHWH NERFINISHED ⓘ
exampleOfUseInNames	Hezekiah (Hizqiyahu) NERFINISHED ⓘ Isaiah (Yeshayahu) NERFINISHED ⓘ Zedekiah (Tzidqiyahu) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGenderInUsage	masculine ⓘ
language	Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalFunction	invocation of God ⓘ
meaningInPhrase	"Yah" in "Hallelujah" means "YHWH" NERFINISHED ⓘ
orthographicForm	יָהּ NERFINISHED ⓘ
phoneticTranscription	/jaː/ ⓘ
refersTo	God of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
script	Hebrew alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ
semanticField	monotheism ⓘ praise ⓘ worship ⓘ
shortFormOf	Tetragrammaton NERFINISHED ⓘ YHWH NERFINISHED ⓘ
theologicalRole	designation of the God of Israel ⓘ
transliterationVariant	Jah NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	Hebrew-speaking religious communities ⓘ ancient Israelites ⓘ
usedIn	Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ religious songs ⓘ religious texts ⓘ

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

Jah → alsoKnownAs → Yah ⓘ

פְּדָיָה → containsTheophoricElement → Yah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yah (short form of the Tetragrammaton)