Alijah

Alijah is an English variant spelling of the Hebrew name Elijah, derived from the elements El, meaning God, and Yah, a shortened form of the divine name YHWH, together conveying the meaning my God is Yahweh. The name belongs to the prophet Elijah, a central figure in the Hebrew Bible who challenged the worship of Baal and was taken to heaven in a fiery chariot. The spelling Alijah emerged as an alternative phonetic rendering in modern English-speaking communities. Related forms include Elijah, Elias, Elia, and Ilya.