yah · Yah

What it means

yah (יָהּ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Yah”.

The short form of the name YHWH. It is the form found in "Hallelujah" ("praise Yah").

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Exodus×2
• Psalms×43
• Song of Songs×1
• Isaiah×4

• Exodus 15:2

  My strength and my song is Yah, and he has become my salvation. This is my El, and I will praise him; the Elohim of my father, and I will exalt him.

• Exodus 17:16

  and he said, “Because a hand was raised against the throne of Yah, YHWH will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”

• Psalms 68:4

  Sing to Elohim, sing psalms to his name; level the way for him who rides through the steppes; Yah is his name, and leap for joy before him.

• Psalms 68:18

  You went up on high; you took captives; you took gifts among human beings, and even the rebellious, for Yah Elohim to dwell there.

• Psalms 77:11

  I will remember the works of Yah; yes, I will remember your wonder of old.

• Psalms 89:8

  YHWH Elohim Tsevaot, who is like you, strong Yah? And your faithfulness surrounds you.

• Psalms 94:7

  And they say, “Yah does not see, and the Elohim of Jacob does not understand.”

• Psalms 94:12

  Happy is the man whom you correct, Yah, and from your instruction you teach him,

• Psalms 102:18

  This will be written for a generation to come, and a people created will praise Yah.

• Psalms 104:35

  Let sinners vanish from the earth, and the wicked be no more. Bless YHWH, my soul. Praise Yah.

• Psalms 105:45

  so that they might keep his statutes and observe his instructions. Praise Yah.

• Psalms 106:1

  Praise Yah. Give thanks to YHWH, for he is good, for his loyal love is forever.

• Psalms 106:48

  Blessed be YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, from eternity to eternity. And let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise Yah.

• Psalms 111:1

  Praise Yah. I will give thanks to YHWH with all my heart, in the council of the upright and in the community.

• Psalms 112:1

  Praise Yah. Happy is the man who fears YHWH, who in his commandments delights greatly.

• Psalms 113:1

  Praise Yah. Praise, servants of YHWH, praise the name of YHWH.

• Psalms 113:9

  He settles the barren woman in a home, a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah.

• Psalms 115:17

  The dead do not praise Yah, nor any who go down into silence;

• Psalms 115:18

  but we will bless Yah from now and forever. Praise Yah.

• Psalms 116:19

  in the courts of the house of YHWH, in your midst, Jerusalem. Praise Yah.

• Psalms 117:2

  For his loyal love is strong over us, and the truth of YHWH is forever. Praise Yah.

• Psalms 118:5

  Out of distress I called on Yah; Yah answered me in a wide place.

• Psalms 118:14

  My strength and my song is Yah, and he has become my salvation.

• Psalms 118:17

  I will not die, but I will live, and recount the works of Yah.

• Psalms 118:18

  Yah has disciplined me severely, but to death he has not given me over.

• Psalms 118:19

  Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will enter through them, I will give thanks to Yah.

• Psalms 122:4

  where the tribes went up, the tribes of Yah, a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of YHWH.

• Psalms 130:3

  If you keep iniquities, Yah, Adonai, who could stand?

• Psalms 135:1

  Praise Yah. Praise the name of YHWH; praise, servants of YHWH,

• Psalms 135:3

  Praise Yah, for YHWH is good; sing psalms to his name, for it is pleasant.

• Psalms 135:4

  For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his special treasure.

• Psalms 135:21

  Blessed be YHWH from Zion, he who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise Yah.

• Psalms 146:1

  Praise Yah. Praise YHWH, my soul.

• Psalms 146:10

  YHWH will reign forever, your Elohim, Zion, from generation to generation. Praise Yah.

• Psalms 147:1

  Praise Yah, for it is good to sing psalms to our Elohim, for it is pleasant; praise is fitting.

• Psalms 147:20

  He has not done so for any nation, and his rules they have not known. Praise Yah.

• Psalms 148:1

  Praise Yah. Praise YHWH from the heavens; praise him in the heights.

• Psalms 148:14

  And he has raised up a horn for his people, praise for all his faithful ones, for the sons of Israel, the people near to him. Praise Yah.

• Psalms 149:1

  Praise Yah. Sing to YHWH a new song, his praise in the assembly of the faithful.

• Psalms 149:9

  to execute on them the written judgment. This is majesty for all his faithful ones. Praise Yah.

And 10 more times.