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Eliah is a variant of the Hebrew name Eliyahu, composed of the elements el, meaning God, and yah, a shortened form of the divine name Yahweh, giving the overall sense of my God is Yahweh. The name belongs to the same tradition as Elijah, the great Israelite prophet whose story is recorded in the Books of Kings, and it has been used across Jewish, Christian, and Muslim communities throughout history. Related forms include Elias, the Greek and Latin rendering widely used in Western Europe, as well as Elia, Elija, and Eliyah.