יהושע

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Hebrew

Etymology

Perhaps from הוֹשֵׁעַ (hoshéa, hōšḗaʿ, “Hosea”) with the "addition" of יהוה (“YHWH (Yahweh)”), therefore meaning "Yahweh is salvation". See הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía, “to save”). Compare with יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (y'shayáhu, yəšaʿyā́hū).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

יְהוֹשֻׁעַ • (y'hoshúa) m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Joshua
    1. (biblical) Joshua (the son of Nun, Judge of Israel following Moses; author of the Book of Joshua; Quranic figure)
  2. Joshua (the sixth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Yiddish: יהושע (yehoyshue)

Anagrams

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ.

Proper noun

יהושע • (yehoyshue, yeshue) m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Joshua
  2. (biblical) Joshua (the son of Nun, Judge of Israel following Moses; author of the Book of Joshua; Quranic figure)
  3. Joshua (the sixth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh)

Derived terms

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