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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 Box Exo 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:2 - The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this 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 - saying, "A hand upon the banner of the LORD! The LORD will have war with Am'alek 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; lift up a song to him who rides upon the clouds; his name is the LORD, exult before him!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:18 - Thou didst ascend the high mount, leading captives in thy train, and receiving gifts among men, even among the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:11 - I will call to mind the deeds of the LORD; yea, I will remember thy 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 as thou art, O LORD, with thy faithfulness round about thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:7 - and they say, "The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive."

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:12 - Blessed is the man whom thou dost chasten, O LORD, and whom thou dost teach out of thy law

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:18 - Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet unborn may praise the LORD:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:35 - Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let 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 - to the end that they should keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:1 - Praise the LORD! O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:48

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:48 - Blessed be the LORD, the 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 give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, 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 greatly delights 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 gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous 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 do any that 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 for evermore. Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:19 - in the courts of the house of the LORD, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 117:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 117:2 - For great is his steadfast love toward us; and the faithfulness of the LORD endures for ever. Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:5 - Out of my distress I called on the LORD; the LORD answered me and set me free.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:14 - The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:17 - I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:18 - The LORD has chastened me sorely, 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, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 122:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:4 - to which the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as was decreed for 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 thou, O LORD, shouldst mark iniquities, 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, give praise, O 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 to his name, for he is gracious!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:4 - For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his own possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:21 - Blessed be the LORD from Zion, he 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 will reign for ever, thy 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 he is gracious, and a song of praise is seemly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:20 - He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his ordinances. 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 - He has raised up a horn for his people, praise for all his saints, for the people of Israel who are 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, his praise in the assembly of the faithful!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 149:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:9 - to execute on them the judgment written! This is glory for all his faithful ones. 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 breathes praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6 - Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, jealousy is cruel as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a most vehement flame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 12:2 - "Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation."

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:4 - Trust in the LORD for ever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:11 - I said, I shall not see the LORD in the land of the living; I shall look upon man no more among the inhabitants of the world.
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