See יה in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"יהוה",
"יהוה#Hebrew"
],
[
"YHWH",
"YHWH"
],
[
"Yahweh",
"Yahweh"
],
[
"Jehovah",
"Jehovah"
]
],
"etymology_number": "1",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": ":from",
"3": "יהוה",
"id": "Jah"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "ety"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": ":from",
"3": "יהוה",
"id": "Jah"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Contracted form of יהוה (“YHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "יָהּ",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "Yah",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "m",
"tr": "Yah",
"wv": "יָהּ"
},
"expansion": "יָהּ • (Yah) m",
"name": "he-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew entries referencing missing etymons",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "87 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew entries with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "79 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "58 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "69 31",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "82 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "98 2",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "he",
"name": "God",
"orig": "he:God",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Jah, one of the names of God and a common theophoric element in Hebrew names."
],
"id": "en-יה-he-name-XFomSDEp",
"links": [
[
"Jah",
"Jah"
],
[
"God",
"God"
],
[
"theophoric",
"theophoric"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jaːh/",
"note": "reconstructed Biblical"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɔːɔh/",
"note": "Tiberian"
},
{
"ipa": "/ja(h)/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli"
]
}
],
"word": "יה"
}
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"י׳",
"י׳#Hebrew"
],
[
"ten",
"ten"
],
[
"ה׳",
"ה׳#Hebrew"
],
[
"five",
"five"
]
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"id": "fifteen"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "ety"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "י׳",
"3": "ה׳",
"t1": "ten",
"t2": "five"
},
"expansion": "י׳ (“ten”) + ה׳ (“five”)",
"name": "compound"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"id": "fifteen"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From י׳ (“ten”) + ה׳ (“five”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "m",
"tr": "-"
},
"expansion": "יה m or f",
"name": "he-numeral"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "num",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "(“fifteen”), usually avoided owing to its homonymy with the holy name Jah",
"word": "ט״ו"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of ט״ו (“fifteen”), usually avoided owing to its homonymy with the holy name Jah"
],
"id": "en-יה-he-num-26aG67BE",
"links": [
[
"ט״ו",
"ט״ו#Hebrew"
],
[
"fifteen",
"fifteen"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"feminine",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "יה"
}
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew compound terms",
"Hebrew entries referencing missing etymons",
"Hebrew entries with etymon",
"Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"Hebrew lemmas",
"Hebrew masculine nouns",
"Hebrew numerals",
"Hebrew proper nouns",
"Pages using etymon with no ID",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymon",
"he:God"
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"יהוה",
"יהוה#Hebrew"
],
[
"YHWH",
"YHWH"
],
[
"Yahweh",
"Yahweh"
],
[
"Jehovah",
"Jehovah"
]
],
"etymology_number": "1",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": ":from",
"3": "יהוה",
"id": "Jah"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "ety"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": ":from",
"3": "יהוה",
"id": "Jah"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Contracted form of יהוה (“YHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "יָהּ",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "Yah",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "m",
"tr": "Yah",
"wv": "יָהּ"
},
"expansion": "יָהּ • (Yah) m",
"name": "he-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Jah, one of the names of God and a common theophoric element in Hebrew names."
],
"links": [
[
"Jah",
"Jah"
],
[
"God",
"God"
],
[
"theophoric",
"theophoric"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jaːh/",
"note": "reconstructed Biblical"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɔːɔh/",
"note": "Tiberian"
},
{
"ipa": "/ja(h)/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli"
]
}
],
"word": "יה"
}
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew compound terms",
"Hebrew entries with etymon",
"Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"Hebrew lemmas",
"Hebrew numerals",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymon",
"he:God"
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"י׳",
"י׳#Hebrew"
],
[
"ten",
"ten"
],
[
"ה׳",
"ה׳#Hebrew"
],
[
"five",
"five"
]
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"id": "fifteen"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "ety"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "י׳",
"3": "ה׳",
"t1": "ten",
"t2": "five"
},
"expansion": "י׳ (“ten”) + ה׳ (“five”)",
"name": "compound"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"id": "fifteen"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From י׳ (“ten”) + ה׳ (“five”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "m",
"tr": "-"
},
"expansion": "יה m or f",
"name": "he-numeral"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "num",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "(“fifteen”), usually avoided owing to its homonymy with the holy name Jah",
"word": "ט״ו"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of ט״ו (“fifteen”), usually avoided owing to its homonymy with the holy name Jah"
],
"links": [
[
"ט״ו",
"ט״ו#Hebrew"
],
[
"fifteen",
"fifteen"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"feminine",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "יה"
}
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