See יה in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_number": "1",
"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"
},
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"name": "he-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "77 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "73 27",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ה",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "56 44",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "68 32",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
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},
{
"_dis": "98 2",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "he",
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"parents": [],
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}
],
"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"
}
{
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"2": "י",
"3": "ה",
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"t2": "five"
},
"expansion": "י (“ten”) + ה (“five”)",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From י (“ten”) + ה (“five”).",
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{
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"tr": "15"
},
"expansion": "יה • (15) m",
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],
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"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
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{
"extra": "(\"fifteen\"), usually avoided owing to its homonymy with the holy name Jah",
"word": "טו"
}
],
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"alternative form of טו (\"fifteen\"), usually avoided owing to its homonymy with the holy name Jah"
],
"id": "en-יה-he-noun-M36B~0Zl",
"links": [
[
"טו",
"טו#Hebrew"
],
[
"fifteen",
"fifteen"
]
],
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"alt-of",
"alternative",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jaːh/",
"note": "reconstructed Biblical"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɔːɔh/",
"note": "Tiberian"
},
{
"ipa": "/ja(h)/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli"
]
}
],
"word": "יה"
}
{
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"Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"Hebrew lemmas",
"Hebrew masculine nouns",
"Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ה",
"Hebrew noun entries missing plural construct forms",
"Hebrew noun entries missing plural forms",
"Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms",
"Hebrew nouns",
"Hebrew proper nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"he:God"
],
"etymology_number": "1",
"etymology_text": "Contracted form of יהוה (“YHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah”).",
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{
"form": "יָהּ",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
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},
{
"form": "Yah",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"wv": "יָהּ"
},
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}
],
"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 incorrect language header",
"Hebrew lemmas",
"Hebrew masculine nouns",
"Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ה",
"Hebrew noun entries missing plural construct forms",
"Hebrew noun entries missing plural forms",
"Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms",
"Hebrew nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"he:God"
],
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"3": "ה",
"t1": "ten",
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},
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"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From י (“ten”) + ה (“five”).",
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{
"args": {
"g": "m",
"tr": "15"
},
"expansion": "יה • (15) m",
"name": "he-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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{
"extra": "(\"fifteen\"), usually avoided owing to its homonymy with the holy name Jah",
"word": "טו"
}
],
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"alternative form of טו (\"fifteen\"), usually avoided owing to its homonymy with the holy name Jah"
],
"links": [
[
"טו",
"טו#Hebrew"
],
[
"fifteen",
"fifteen"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jaːh/",
"note": "reconstructed Biblical"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɔːɔh/",
"note": "Tiberian"
},
{
"ipa": "/ja(h)/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli"
]
}
],
"word": "יה"
}
Download raw JSONL data for יה meaning in Hebrew (2.5kB)
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: 15",
"path": [
"יה"
],
"section": "Hebrew",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "יה",
"trace": ""
}
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