Jah is the poetic or short form of Jehovah - abbreviation

Steven Avery

Steven Avery

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I am surprised that I don't seem to have a page on this topic.
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Makinero

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Is it a theophoric name?
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Unique because it begins with Jah- and not Je-, Jo- or Jeho-
 
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Steven Avery

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Interesting question, here is some of the basics.
No cholem, so it does not line up with the 20 or so theophoric matches.

יהדי
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1 Chronicles 2:47 (AV)
And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.

John Gill
1 Chronicles 2:47
And the sons of Jahdai
Who is not mentioned by this name before; perhaps the same with Moza, who might have two names, though, according to Hillerus F20, he was the son of Moza; some take it to be the name of another of Caleb's concubines, by whom he had the six following sons: Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph;
one of these, Pelet perhaps, gave name to Bethpalet in the tribe of Judah, ( Joshua 15:27 ) .
F20 Onomast. Sacr. p. 841.

Rashi
And the sons of Jehdai: He was one of the sons of Ephah, and the reason he does not mention who his father was is that he does not have to mention any of the sons of Ephah except this Jehdai.


וּבְנֵ֖י יָהְדָּ֑י רֶ֧גֶם וְיוֹתָ֛ם וְגֵישָׁ֥ן וָפֶ֖לֶט וְעֵיפָ֥ה וָשָֽׁעַף:
 
Steven Avery

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are the vowels of יָהְדָּ֑י. the same as conjecture for yahweh

No, the vowels in the Hebrew word יָהְדָּ֑י (yod-qamats, he-sheva, dalet-dagesh-qamats, yod) are not the same as the scholarly reconstructed vowels for "Yahweh" (often assumed to be yod-qamats, he-patach, vav-segol/tsere, he). "Yahweh" is a reconstruction, not based directly on the Masoretic vowel pointing of that specific word. [1, 2, 3, 4]¥

[1, 2, 3, 4]
  • יָהְדָּ֑י contains a Dalet (\(d\)), which is completely different from the Vav (\(w/v\)) in the Tetragrammaton (יהוה).
  • Scholarly reconstructions of "Yahweh" (based on early Greek transcriptions like Iaoue or Iabe) suggest a Qamats (\(a\)) under the Yod, a Patach (\(a\)) under the first He, and a Segol/Tsere (\(e\)) for the final syllable.
  • The standard "Jehovah" pronunciation comes from putting the vowels of Adonai (a-o-a) onto the consonants YHWH.
  • The word in your question (יָהְדָּ֑י) seems unrelated to the divine name's vocalization. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
If you'd like to explore this further, I can help you:
  • Compare different academic theories on the pronunciation of YHWH (Yahweh vs. Yahuah vs. Yaho).
  • Look up the meaning of the word יָהְדָּ֑י.
  • Explain the history of the vowel points used for th
 
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