Editing Jah (section)

==Etymology==
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The name of the [[national god]] of the kingdoms of [[Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)|Israel (Samaria)]] and [[Kingdom of Judah|Judah]] is written in the Hebrew Bible as יהוה ([[YHWH]]), which modern scholars often render as ''[[Yahweh]]''.{{sfn|Miller|Hayes|1986|p=110}} The short form ''Jah/Yah'', appears in Exodus 15:2 and 17:16, Psalm 89:9, (arguably, by [[Emendation (textual)|emendation]]){{citation needed|date=November 2024}} Song of Songs 8:6,<ref name=JBQ>Clifford Hubert Durousseau, "[http://jbq.jewishbible.org/assets/Uploads/421/JBQ_421_4_Yah.pdf Yah: A Name of God]" in ''Jewish Bible Quarterly'', vol. 42:1 (January − March 2014)</ref> as well as in the phrase ''[[Hallelujah]]''. The name of Yahweh is also incorporated into several [[Theophory in the Bible|theophoric names]], however, in almost all cases the Hebrew name itself uses ''-yāhū'', not ''-yāh''. This does not preclude the translation of several ''-yāhū'' names without the added ''ū'', such as [[Elijah]] (''ʾĒlīyyāhū'') or [[Hezekiah]] (''H̱īzəqīyyahū''), or the existence of several Hebrew names which ''do'' use the ''-yāh'' form, such as [[Solomon|Jedidjah]], [[Malchijah]], and [[Adonijah]].<ref name="Loewen2020"/>