05-24-2013, 06:34 PM
"Yah" is short for Yahweh, as seen in the Tanakh over 50 times. See this link:
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Just because the Aramaic does not include the "Heh" in "Yod-Heh" (YaH) does not mean that "Ya" is not short for "Yahweh" too. As said before by Burning One, "Ya" is used at the ending of transliterated Hebrew names (Elijah/Eliyahu=Eliya, Isaiah/Yeshayahu=Eshaiya), and all of these names are known to include the name of God in them. Elijah means "My God is Yah[weh]" and Isaiah means "Yah[weh] is Savior".
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Just because the Aramaic does not include the "Heh" in "Yod-Heh" (YaH) does not mean that "Ya" is not short for "Yahweh" too. As said before by Burning One, "Ya" is used at the ending of transliterated Hebrew names (Elijah/Eliyahu=Eliya, Isaiah/Yeshayahu=Eshaiya), and all of these names are known to include the name of God in them. Elijah means "My God is Yah[weh]" and Isaiah means "Yah[weh] is Savior".