Where does “יָהּ” come from?

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

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

Definitions

  1. God; two letters of the Tetragrammaton

Ancestry of “יָהּ”, step by step

יָהּ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew יהוה

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HebrewיהוהYHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh
2Proto-Semitic*haway-to be, to become, to fall, to happen

via Hebrew עובדיה

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewעובדיהservant of Yahweh

Words derived from “יָהּ”

Every word from Proto-Semitic *haway- →Every word from Hebrew יהוה →