Use of the word jah?

by carla 20 years ago 21 Replies latest 12 years ago jw friends

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  carla 20 years ago

  I have noticed on ex sites the use of the word jah in reference to jehovah. Is this just a slang used by ex's or do active also use it? If active members use it, doesn't it seem a bit disrespectful then? I mean, the continual repitition of how 'only we use the name' blah, blah... just wondering, carla

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  love11 20 years ago

  I don't think the witnesses use it, I could be wrong but I don't remember anyone saying it that way when I was in it.

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  LMS-Chef 20 years ago

  I think they do. I remember hearing "Praise Jah you people". Maybe in a song or a scripture or something.

  Michael

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  Aaac 20 years ago

  In their Branch reports, they use the abbreviation Jeh for Jehovah. I found it highly amazing.

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  Dragonlady76 20 years ago

  Not sure but I use it as a slang-derogatory term.

  DL76

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  John Doe 20 years ago

  I remember a song, something like "Praise Jah with me, our lord and king. Blah, blah blah blah blahhhh bla blah bla bla blahHHHHH."

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  Narkissos 20 years ago

  I remember many French JWs used to write "Jah" informally (in private mail, for instance) as an abbreviation of Jehovah (that was B4 txt) -- I guess they do the same now in e-mail -- but they would say "Jéhovah".

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  Justin Matton 20 years ago

  It's in lots of their songs.

  On another note... singing those songs always made me wonder which ones were too dumb to make it into the book.

  jah, jah, jah jah jah jah (to the tune of the Smurfs theme song)

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  Ellie 20 years ago

  I remeber once being at a JW get together, this elder got up to sing a song, you know 'I Did It My Way', I think its by Frank Sinatra.

  Anyway, I was shocked when he substituted the words 'my way' for Yahwe (I'm sure I've spelt that wrong, you know, the other name that Jehovah sometimes goes by.

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  love11 20 years ago

  Just-in- that's too cute! I forgot about all of those songs. It seems like the only one that I remember is- "We're Jehovah's Witnesses, we speak out in fearlessness, ours is the god of true prophecy.. what he fortells comes to be.

  Come on everybody! Sing along!

  LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  (whistles) hahahahaha

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