See Ἰά on Wiktionary
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"1": "grc",
"2": "Ἰαώ"
},
"expansion": "Contraction of Ἰαώ (Iaṓ)",
"name": "contraction"
},
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"2": "hbo",
"3": "𐤉𐤄",
"t": "Yah",
"tr": "YH"
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},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "Contraction of Ἰαώ (Iaṓ), from Biblical Hebrew 𐤉𐤄 (YH, “Yah”), itself a contraction of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH, “Yahweh”). As contracted forms of the Tetragrammaton Hebrew יַהְוֶה (“YaHWeH”), Ἰά (Iá /yah/) shares roots with Hebrew יָהּ (yāh) and Classical Syriac ܝܰܗ/ܝܲܗ (yah).",
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"tags": [
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]
}
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},
"expansion": "Ἰά • (Iá)",
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},
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"Jah or Yah, one of the names of the Hebrew God and a common theophoric element."
],
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"Jah",
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"Yah",
"Yah"
],
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[
"God",
"God"
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]
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"related": [
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"roman": "Aïá",
"word": "Ἀϊά"
},
{
"alt": "Iabaí /Yahvaí/",
"word": "Ἰαβαί"
},
{
"alt": "Iábe /Yáhve/",
"word": "Ἰάβε"
},
{
"alt": "Iaoú /Yahú/",
"word": "Ἰαού"
},
{
"alt": "Iaoué /Yahwé/",
"word": "Ἰαουέ"
},
{
"roman": "Iaōth",
"word": "Ἰαωθ"
},
{
"roman": "PIPI",
"word": "ΠΙΠΙ"
}
],
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],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/iˈa/"
},
{
"ipa": "/iˈa/"
},
{
"ipa": "/iˈa/",
"note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
},
{
"ipa": "/iˈa/",
"note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
},
{
"ipa": "/iˈa/",
"note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
},
{
"ipa": "/iˈa/",
"note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
},
{
"ipa": "/ja(h)/",
"tags": [
"Greek",
"Jewish",
"Koine"
]
}
],
"word": "Ἰά"
}
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},
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"name": "der"
},
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],
"etymology_text": "Contraction of Ἰαώ (Iaṓ), from Biblical Hebrew 𐤉𐤄 (YH, “Yah”), itself a contraction of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH, “Yahweh”). As contracted forms of the Tetragrammaton Hebrew יַהְוֶה (“YaHWeH”), Ἰά (Iá /yah/) shares roots with Hebrew יָהּ (yāh) and Classical Syriac ܝܰܗ/ܝܲܗ (yah).",
"forms": [
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"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "proper noun"
},
"expansion": "Ἰά • (Iá)",
"name": "head"
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"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "Koine"
},
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}
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"lang_code": "grc",
"pos": "name",
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"roman": "Aïá",
"word": "Ἀϊά"
},
{
"alt": "Iabaí /Yahvaí/",
"word": "Ἰαβαί"
},
{
"alt": "Iábe /Yáhve/",
"word": "Ἰάβε"
},
{
"alt": "Iaoú /Yahú/",
"word": "Ἰαού"
},
{
"alt": "Iaoué /Yahwé/",
"word": "Ἰαουέ"
},
{
"roman": "Iaōth",
"word": "Ἰαωθ"
},
{
"roman": "PIPI",
"word": "ΠΙΠΙ"
}
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"Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
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"Ancient Greek proper nouns",
"Ancient Greek terms derived from Biblical Hebrew",
"Ancient Greek terms derived from Hebrew",
"Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hebrew terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Koine Greek",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
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"Jah or Yah, one of the names of the Hebrew God and a common theophoric element."
],
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"Jah",
"Jah"
],
[
"Yah",
"Yah"
],
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"Hebrew",
"Hebrew"
],
[
"God",
"God"
],
[
"theophoric",
"theophoric"
]
],
"tags": [
"Koine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/iˈa/"
},
{
"ipa": "/iˈa/"
},
{
"ipa": "/iˈa/",
"note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
},
{
"ipa": "/iˈa/",
"note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
},
{
"ipa": "/iˈa/",
"note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
},
{
"ipa": "/iˈa/",
"note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
},
{
"ipa": "/ja(h)/",
"tags": [
"Greek",
"Jewish",
"Koine"
]
}
],
"word": "Ἰά"
}
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