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Where does “יָהּ” come from?

יָהּ (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew יהוה, from Proto-Semitic *haway-.

יָהּ (Hebrew): God; two letters of the Tetragrammaton

Definitions

  1. God; two letters of the Tetragrammaton

Ancestry of “יָהּ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HebrewיהוהYHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh
2Proto-Semitic*haway-—

Words derived from “יָהּ”

  • alleluja
  • αλληλούια
  • הללויה
Every word from Proto-Semitic *haway- →