in the song jah work ; what's the meaning of jah?

Answer 1

The name "Jah" is commonly used in reggae music and is one of the most common names the Rastafarian religion uses for God. "Jah" is a shortened form of "Jahovah," the name of the God of the Jews, Christians and Muslims. Rastafarians believe in the same God as the Jews, Christians and Muslims. They don't acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God, nor do they recognize Muhommad as a prophet. To Rastafarians Jesus is just another prophet in the line of David. Hailie Salassie, the late king of Ethiopia, is the most recent prophet decended from King David of the Bible, according to the Rastafarian religion.

Answer 2

Jah Definition

Answer 3

Jah is a shorten form of Jehovah.

Hallelujah means Praise Jah or Praise Jehovah.

Answer 4

Jah is the supreme deity concept in the Rastafarian religion. Jah is manifest in history as the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie, and is the ultimate cause of human events and the supreme god of the African diaspora people, according to Rastafarianism.

Answer 5

Jah means LORD or God. I hear it often in reggae groups like Christafare and POD. I consider it another name for God, being short for Jehovah.

Answer 6

jah is the term used for god

Answer 7

jah = Lord

as in HalleluJAH

Answer 8

Consider an illustration. Let’s say that your name was Thomas. The abbreviated form of your name would be “Tom” or “Tommy.” Both of these abbreviated forms are short for the full name “Thomas,” not “man, boy or him.” Equally, “Drew” and “Andy” is short for Andrew. Abbreviations are used in music for rhythmic reasons. The NAACP is just an abbreviation for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. However, we do not use the full name in normal conversation, unless the person we are conversing with is uncertain of its meaning. Hence, we assume that the majority do.

Similarly, “Jah” is an abbreviated form of a fuller name that has these letters or syllables. Not God, Lord or Sovereign Lord, for these are mere titles like President, King, Queen, and Governor. Rather, “Jah” means God’s personal name “Jehovah.” Just as you and I have personal names and abbreviations for our names, Jehovah God has one too. In fact, Psalm 83:18 says, “You, whose name is Jehovah, you alone are the Most High over all the earth.”

God’s unique name, Jehovah, occurs nearly 7,000 times in the Hebrew Scriptures alone. Jesus Christ made that known to others and praised it before them. (John 17:6, 26) That name is found in Revelation as a part of the expression “Hallelujah,” meaning “praise Jah.” And “Jah” is the shortened form of “Jehovah.” (See Revelation 19:1-6, footnote) Unfortunately, many modern Bibles seldom use that name. They often use the word “LORD” or “GOD,” written in all capital letters to set it apart from the common titles “Lord” and “God.” Some scholars suggest that the divine name may have been pronounced Yahweh.

Why such differing views about the name of the greatest personage in the universe? The problem began centuries ago when the Jews superstitiously ceased to pronounce the divine name and started to substitute the Hebrew word for “Sovereign Lord” whenever they came to the divine name as they read the Scriptures. Since Biblical Hebrew was written without vowels, there is no way to know precisely how Moses, David and others of ancient times pronounced the letters that make up the divine name. However, the English pronunciation, Jehovah, has been in use for centuries, and its equivalent in many languages is widely accepted today. (Exodus 6:3; Isaiah 26:4, King James Version)

Other explanations people make regarding the use of “Jehovah” is that his name is too sacred. If that were the case, then why would the scriptures tell us to use it or yet, even have his personal name in the Bible? That’s just like saying that “Thomas” or “Andrew” is too sacred. Therefore, we will use titles such as “man, him, the shy one” or whatever other title that could be used to describe someone. In fact, your name (first, middle or last), whatever it is, means something. You may have to do a bit of research, but it does. If someone made the above remark on Jehovah’s name being sacred to use; ask that person to show you scriptural evidence (in the Bible) where it says that using Jehovah God is too sacred to use.

Though there is uncertainty about how God’s name was pronounced in ancient Hebrew, its meaning is not a complete mystery. His name means “He Causes to Become.” Jehovah God thereby identifies himself as the Great Purposer. He always causes his purposes and promises to become reality. Only the true God, who has the power to do this, can rightfully bear that name.

That is right in line with Isaiah 55:11, which says, “So my word that goes forth from my mouth will prove to be. It will not return to me without results, but it will certainly do that in which I have delighted, and it will have certain success in that for which I have sent it.” Perfectly describes “The Great Purposer” Jehovah God.

Undeniably, the name Jehovah serves to distinguish Almighty God from all other gods. Note that God and gods are two different peoples, entities. Money, materialism, celebrities, athletes can be all considered gods. Anything that you devote a great deal of time with can be considered as a god. Are we worshiping Jehovah God, or devoting much of our time (worshiping) materialism, money, politicians, the clergymen, priests? Even Satan the Devil is considered “the god of this system of things.” (2 Corinthians 4:4)

That is why the name (Jehovah) appears so often in the Bible. While many translations fail to use the divine name, Psalm 83:18 (which was stated above) says, “You, whose name is Jehovah, you alone are the Most High over all the earth.” During his ministry, Jesus Christ taught his followers: “You must pray, then, this way: ‘Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified.’” (Matthew 6:9) That scripture also eliminates Jesus and Jehovah God as one, because Jesus told his followers while on earth to pray to Jehovah God, who dwells in heaven. We should, therefore, use God’s name when we pray, speak of him, and praise him before others.

Thank You,

Answer 9

Jah means GOD (hebrew)

Answer 10

God in the Jamaican rastafari religion.