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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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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 Box Exo 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:2 - The LORD is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation;
He is my God, and I will praise Him;
My father’s God, and I will exalt Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:16 - for he said, “Because the LORD has sworn: the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:4 - Sing to God, sing praises to His name;
Extol Him who rides on the clouds,[fn]
By His name YAH,
And rejoice before Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:18 - You have ascended on high,
You have led captivity captive;
You have received gifts among men,
Even from the rebellious,
That the LORD God might dwell there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:11 - I will remember the works of the LORD;
Surely I will remember Your wonders of old.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:8 - O LORD God of hosts,
Who is mighty like You, O LORD?
Your faithfulness also surrounds You.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:7 - Yet they say, “The LORD does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob understand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:12 - Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O LORD,
And teach out of Your law,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:18 - This will be written for the generation to come,
That a people yet to be created may praise the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:35 - May sinners be consumed from the earth,
And the wicked be no more.

Bless the LORD, O my soul!
Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:45 - That they might observe His statutes
And keep His laws.

Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:1 - Praise the LORD!

Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:48

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:48 - Blessed be the LORD God of Israel
From everlasting to everlasting!
And let all the people say, “Amen!”

Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 111:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:1 - Praise the LORD!

I will praise the LORD with my whole heart,
In the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 112:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:1 - Praise the LORD!

Blessed is the man who fears the LORD,
Who delights greatly in His commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 113:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:1 - Praise the LORD!

Praise, O servants of the LORD,
Praise the name of the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 113:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:9 - He grants the barren woman a home,
Like a joyful mother of children.

Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 115:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:17 - The dead do not praise the LORD,
Nor any who go down into silence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 115:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:18 - But we will bless the LORD
From this time forth and forevermore.

Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:19 - In the courts of the LORD’s house,
In the midst of you, O Jerusalem.

Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 117:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 117:2 - For His merciful kindness is great toward us,
And the truth of the LORD endures forever.

Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:5 - I called on the LORD in distress;
The LORD answered me and set me in a broad place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:14 - The LORD is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:17 - I shall not die, but live,
And declare the works of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:18 - The LORD has chastened me severely,
But He has not given me over to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:19 - Open to me the gates of righteousness;
I will go through them,
And I will praise the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 122:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:4 - Where the tribes go up,
The tribes of the LORD,
To the Testimony of Israel,
To give thanks to the name of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 130:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:3 - If You, LORD, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:1 - Praise the LORD!

Praise the name of the LORD;
Praise Him, O you servants of the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:3 - Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good;
Sing praises to His name, for it is pleasant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:4 - For the LORD has chosen Jacob for Himself,
Israel for His special treasure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:21 - Blessed be the LORD out of Zion,
Who dwells in Jerusalem!

Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 146:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:1 - Praise the LORD!

Praise the LORD, O my soul!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 146:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:10 - The LORD shall reign forever—
Your God, O Zion, to all generations.

Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:1 - Praise the LORD!
For it is good to sing praises to our God;
For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:20 - He has not dealt thus with any nation;
And as for His judgments, they have not known them.

Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:1 - Praise the LORD!

Praise the LORD from the heavens;
Praise Him in the heights!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:14 - And He has exalted the horn of His people,
The praise of all His saints—
Of the children of Israel,
A people near to Him.

Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 149:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:1 - Praise the LORD!

Sing to the LORD a new song,
And His praise in the assembly of saints.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 149:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:9 - To execute on them the written judgment—
This honor have all His saints.

Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 150:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:1 - Praise the LORD!

Praise God in His sanctuary;
Praise Him in His mighty firmament!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 150:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:6 - Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.

Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6 - The Shulamite to Her Beloved
Set me as a seal upon your heart,
As a seal upon your arm;
For love is as strong as death,
Jealousy as cruel as the grave;[fn]
Its flames are flames of fire,
A most vehement flame.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 12:2 - Behold, God is my salvation,
I will trust and not be afraid;
‘For YAH, the LORD, is my strength and song;
He also has become my salvation.’ ”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:4 - Trust in the LORD forever,
For in YAH, the LORD, is everlasting strength.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:11 - I said,
“I shall not see YAH,
The LORD[fn] in the land of the living;
I shall observe man no more among the inhabitants of the world.[fn]
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