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Yahu

Yahu is the alternative spelling of Jah.

Meaning of Jah

Proper noun

Jah

  1. A shortened form of the Tetragrammaton.
    • Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalm 68:4
  2. (Rastafari) God.
    • So [...] he say a prayer of thanks because Jah know.2022, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds, Hamish Hamilton, page 13

Questions about Yahu

What is Yahu the alternative spelling of?
Yahu is the alternative spelling of Jah.

Words near Yahu in the dictionary

  1. yahrzeit candles
  2. yahrzeits
  3. yahs
  4. Yahtzee
  5. Yahtzees
  6. Yahu
  7. Yahuah
  8. Yahud
  9. Yahudi
  10. Yahudis
  11. Yahuna

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Yahu (page history and authors); Jah (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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