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Lexicon :: Strong's H3050 - yâ

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יָהּ
Transliteration
yâ
Pronunciation
yaw
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Part of Speech
proper noun with reference to deity
Root Word (Etymology)
Contraction for יְהֹוָה (H3068), and meaning the same
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 484b

Strong’s Definitions

יָהּ Yâhh, yaw; contraction for H3068, and meaning the same; Jah, the sacred name:—Jah, the Lord, most vehement. Compare names in '-iah,' '-jah.'

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x

The KJV translates Strong's H3050 in the following manner: LORD (48x), JAH (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x
The KJV translates Strong's H3050 in the following manner: LORD (48x), JAH (1x).

  1. Jah (Jehovah in the shortened form)

    1. the proper name of the one true God

    2. used in many compounds

      1. names beginning with the letters 'Je'

      2. names ending with 'iah' or 'jah'

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָהּ Yâhh, yaw; contraction for H3068, and meaning the same; Jah, the sacred name:—Jah, the Lord, most vehement. Compare names in '-iah,' '-jah.'
STRONGS H3050: Abbreviations
† יָהּ 50 proper name, of deity contracted from יהוה, first appears in early poems; Exodus 15:2 עָזִי וְזִמְרָת יָהּ My strength and song is Yah (cited Isaiah 12:2; Psalm 118:14), compare the poetic extract יָד עַל כֵּס יָהּ = hand to the throne of Yah Exodus 17:16 (E), the song of Hezekiah Isaiah 38:11 (repeated by dittography), (א)שׁ להבת יה (so read in preference to the MT שַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָה) = flame of fire from Yah Songs 8:6; ביה יהוה Isaiah 26:4 (והיה sustained by Aq and the rhythmical movement, unless it be a mistake for שׁמו, compare Psalm 68:5), יה אלהים Psalm 68:19. Elsewhere יָהּ is used only in late Psalms, especially in the Hallels, in the phrase הַלֲלוּיָֿהּ praise ye Yah Psalm 104:35; Psalm 105:45; Psalm 106:1; Psalm 106:48; Psalm 111:1; Psalm 112:1; Psalm 113:1; Psalm 113:9; Psalm 115:18; Psalm 116:19; Psalm 117:2; Psalm 135:1; Psalm 135:3; Psalm 135:21; Psalm 146:1; Psalm 146:10; Psalm 147:1; Psalm 147:20; Psalm 148:1; Psalm 148:14; Psalm 149:1; Psalm 149:9; Psalm 150:1; Psalm 150:6, compare also יהלל יה Psalm 102:19 יהללו יה Psalm 115:17 תהלל יה Psalm 150:6 (see הלל); in variant reading other phrases Psalm 77:12; Psalm 89:9; Psalm 94:7; Psalm 94:12; Psalm 115:18; Psalm 118:5 (twice in verse); Psalm 118:17; Psalm 118:18; Psalm 118:19; Psalm 122:4; Psalm 130:3; Psalm 135:4.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:2; 17:16

Psalms

68:5; 68:19; 77:12; 89:9; 94:7; 94:12; 102:19; 104:35; 105:45; 106:1; 106:48; 111:1; 112:1; 113:1; 113:9; 115:17; 115:18; 115:18; 116:19; 117:2; 118:5; 118:14; 118:17; 118:18; 118:19; 122:4; 130:3; 135:1; 135:3; 135:4; 135:21; 146:1; 146:10; 147:1; 147:20; 148:1; 148:14; 149:1; 149:9; 150:1; 150:6; 150:6

Song of Songs

8:6

Isaiah

12:2; 26:4; 38:11

H3050

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Strong's Number H3050 matches the Hebrew יָהּ (yâ),
which occurs 50 times in 46 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:2 - He was to me a helper and protector for salvation: this is my God, and I will glorify him; my father's God, and I will exalt him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:16 - For with a secret hand the Lord wages war upon Amalec to all generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:4 - (LXX 67:5) Sing to God, sing praises to his name: make a way for him that rides upon the west (the Lord is his name) and exult before him. They shall be troubled before the face of him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:18 - (LXX 67:19) [fn]Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive, thou hast received gifts for man, yea, for they were rebellious, that thou mightest dwell among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:11 - (LXX 76:12) I remembered the works of the Lord; for I will remember thy wonders from the beginning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:8 - (LXX 88:9) O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:7 - (LXX 93:7) And they said, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob understand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:12 - (LXX 93:12) Blessed is the man whomsoever thou shalt chasten, O Lord, and shalt teach him out of thy law;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:18 - (LXX 101:19) Let this be written for another generation; and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:35 - (LXX 103:35) Let the sinners fail from off the earth, and transgressors, so that they shall be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:45 - (LXX 104:45) that they might keep his ordinances, and diligently seek his law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:1 - (LXX 105:1) Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:48

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:48 - (LXX 105:48) Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting and to everlasting; and all the people shall say, Amen, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:1 - (LXX 110:1) Alleluia. I will give thee thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:1 - (LXX 111:1) Alleluia. Blessed is the man that fears the Lord: he will delight greatly in his commandments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:1 - (LXX 112:1) Alleluia. Praise the Lord, ye servants of his, praise the name of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:9 - (LXX 112:9) who settles the barren woman in a house, as a mother rejoicing over children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:17 - (LXX 113:25) The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord, nor any that go down to Hades.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:18 - (LXX 113:26) But we, the living, will bless the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:19 - (LXX 115:10) in the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of thee, Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 117:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 117:2 - (LXX 116:2) For his mercy has been abundant toward us: and the truth of the Lord endures for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:5 - (LXX 117:5) I called on the Lord out of affliction: and he hearkened to me, so as to bring me into a wide place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:14 - (LXX 117:14) The Lord is my strength and my song, and is become my salvation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:17 - (LXX 117:17) I shall not die, but live, and recount the works of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:18 - (LXX 117:18) The Lord has chastened me sore: but he has not given me up to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:19 - (LXX 117:19) Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and give praise to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:4 - (LXX 121:4) For thither the tribes went up, the tribes of the Lord, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:3 - (LXX 129:3) If thou, O Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:1 - (LXX 134:1) Alleluia. Praise ye the name of the Lord; praise the Lord, ye his servants,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:3 - (LXX 134:3) Praise ye the Lord; for the Lord is good: sing praises to his name; for it is good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:4 - (LXX 134:4) For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:21 - (LXX 134:21) Blessed in Sion be the Lord, who dwells in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:1 - (LXX 145:1) Alleluia, a Psalm of Aggæus and Zacharias. My soul, praise the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:10 - (LXX 145:10) The Lord shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Sion, to all generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:1 - (LXX 146:1) Alleluia, a Psalm of Aggæus and Zacharias. Praise ye the Lord: for psalmody is a good thing; let praise be sweetly sung to our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:20 - (LXX 147:9) He has not done so to [fn]any other nation; and he has not shewn them his judgments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:1 - Alleluia, a Psalm of Aggæus and Zacharias. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the highest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:14 - and he shall exalt the horn of his people, [fn]there is a hymn for all his saints, even of the children of Israel, a people who draw near to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:1 - Alleluia. Sing to the Lord a new song: his praise is in the assembly of the saints.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:9 - to execute on them the judgment [fn]written: this honour have all his saints.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:1 - Alleluia. Praise God in his holy places: praise him in the firmament of his power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:6 - Let every thing that has breath praise the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6 - Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thine arm; for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave, her shafts are shafts of fire, even the flames thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 12:2 - Behold, my God is my Saviour; I will trust in him, and not be afraid: for the Lord is my glory and my praise, and is become my salvation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:4 - they have trusted with confidence for ever, the great, the eternal God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:11 - I said, I shall no more at all see the salvation of God in the land of the living: I shall no more at all see the salvation of Israel on the earth: I shall no more at all see man.
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