יהושע

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).

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jhoːˈʃuːʕ/ [johoˑˈʃuːaʕ]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jə.høˈʃuw.waʕ/ [joho(ː)ˈʃuwwaʕ]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /je.hoˈʃu.a/

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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)

• יֵשׁוּעַ (yeshúa)

• Yiddish: יהושע (yehoyshue)
• → Russian: Иешу́а (Iješúa)

• הושיע

From Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ.

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)

• יאָשקע (yoshke)