ישעיהו

Hebrew

Alternative forms

• יְשַׁעְיָה (y'sha'yá)

Etymology

Theophoric, possibly from יֶשַׁע (yésha') +‎ ־יהו (-yáhu), literally “Yahweh is salvation”. See הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía', “to save”) and יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (y'hoshúa).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /je.ʃa(ʕ)ˈja.(h)u/

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Proper noun

יְשַׁעְיָהוּ • (y'sha'yáhu) m

1. Isaiah (a book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh)
2. (Abrahamism, biblical) Isaiah (a prophet, the author of the Book of Isaiah)
3. a male given name

Synonyms

• (diminutives) שי (shay), שיה (shaya), שייקה (shayka)

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Ἠσᾰΐᾱς (Ēsaḯās)
  • Greek: Ησαΐας (Isaḯas)
  • Latin: Ēsāiās

References

• H3470 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• ישעיהו on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he