Where does “Jah” come from?

Jah (English) comes from Hebrew יָהּ, from Hebrew יהוה, from Proto-Semitic *haway- — to be, to become, to fall, to happen.

Jah (English): A shortened form of the Tetragrammaton

Definitions

  1. A shortened form of the Tetragrammaton

Ancestry of “Jah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HebrewיָהּGod; two letters of the Tetragrammaton
2HebrewיהוהYHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh
3Proto-Semitic*haway-to be, to become, to fall, to happen
Every word from Proto-Semitic *haway- →