Yah
יָהּ
The short poetic form of the Name — the Yah in Hallelu-Yah, 'praise Yah.'
In Jewish liturgy Yah lives inside every Halleluyah sung to this day. Christian tradition carries the same syllable worldwide — the one Hebrew word of praise nearly every language left untranslated.
First occurrence
Exod 15:2 — The Song of the Sea: 'Yah is my strength and song'
Key passages
Ps 68:4 — 'Extol Him who rides the clouds — His name is Yah'
Ps 150:6 — 'Let everything that has breath praise Yah'
Isa 12:2 — 'Yah, YHVH, is my strength and my song'
In the Greek Scriptures
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