יהושע
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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from הוֹשֵׁעַ (hōšḗaʿ, “Hosea”) with the "addition" of יהוה (“YHWH (Yahweh)”), therefore meaning "Yahweh is salvation". See הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía', “to save”). Compare with יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (yəšaʿyā́hū).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /je.hoˈʃu.a/
Audio (Israel): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]יְהוֹשֻׁעַ • (yehoshúa) m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Joshua
- Joshua (the sixth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh)
Derived terms
[edit]- יֵשׁוּעַ (yeshúa)
Descendants
[edit]- Yiddish: יהושע (yhushe)
Anagrams
[edit]Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ.
Proper noun
[edit]יהושע • (yehoyshue, yeshue) m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Joshua
- (biblical) Joshua (the son of Nun, Judge of Israel following Moses; author of the Book of Joshua; Quranic figure)
- Joshua (the sixth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh)
Derived terms
[edit]- יאָשקע (yoshke)
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- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish proper nouns
- Yiddish masculine nouns
- Yiddish given names
- Yiddish male given names
- yi:Books of the Bible