ישוע
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Aramaic
Alternative forms
- Edessan Aramaic: ܝܫܘܼܥ (Yəšuʿ)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
יֵשׁוּע • (Yēšūʿ) m
- a male given name, Yeshu or Jeshu, equivalent to Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (Yēšúa), Hebrew יֵשׁוּ (Yēšū), Koine Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), Latin Iēsūs, or English Joshua or Jesus
- (biblical) Joshua, a Biblical character
- (Christianity) Jesus, a Biblical character
Derived terms
- יֵשׁוּע משִׁיחָא (Yēšūʿ Mšīḥāʾ, “Jesus Christ”)
- יֵשׁוּע נָצרָיָא (Yēšūʿ Nāṣrāyāʾ, “Jesus of Nazareth”)
Hebrew
Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (yĕhōšúaʿ, “Joshua”) via syncope. Compare Aramaic ישוע (yešūʿ), Classical Syriac ܝܫܘܥ (yešūʿ), and Arabic يَسُوع (yasūʕ).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
יֵשׁוּעַ • (yeshúa') m
- a male given name, Yeshua or Jeshua, from Biblical Hebrew, variant of יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yĕhōšúaʿ) or יֵשׁוּ (Yēšū), equivalent to Koine Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), Latin Iēsūs, or English Joshua or Jesus
- (biblical) Yeshua or Jeshua as the name of multiple people in the Bible, sometimes anglicized in translation as Joshua or Jesus
- Tanach, Ezra 3:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַיַּעֲמֹד יֵשׁוּעַ בָּנָיו וְאֶחָיו קַדְמִיאֵל וּבָנָיו בְּנֵי־יְהוּדָה כְּאֶחָד לְנַצֵּחַ עַל־עֹשֵׂה הַמְּלָאכָה בְּבֵית הָאֱלֹהִים בְּנֵי חֵנָדָד בְּנֵיהֶם וַאֲחֵיהֶם הַלְוִיִּם׃
- wayyaʿămōḏ yēšū́aʿ bānāw wəʾeḥāw qaḏmīʾēl ūḇānāw bənē-yəhūḏā kəʾeḥāḏ lənaṣṣḗaḥ ʿal-ʿōśē hamməlāḵā bəḇēṯ hāʾĕlōhīm bənē ḥēnāḏāḏ bənēhem waʾăḥēhem haləwiyyīm.
- Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, and Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to have the oversight of the workmen in the house of God; the sons of Henadad also, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.
- (Christianity, modern Christian liturgical Hebrew) Yeshua or Jeshua as the name for Jesus Christ, used by some Christians who believe this was the original form of Jesus' name
Related terms
- יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yaushúa; yehoshúa)
- יֵשׁוּ (yéshu)
- יְשׁוּעָה (Yaushua ;yeshuá)