יצחק

• יִשְׂחָק (yiskhák, yiśḥāq)

Grammatically, the name (as many other Hebrew names, see e.g. Jacob, Jonah) is the third person singular imperfect of the verb צחק (“to laugh”).

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jisˤˈħaq/ [jisˤˈħakˤ] or [jit͡sˤˈħakˤ]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jisˤˈħɔːq/ [jisˤˈħɔːq]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jisˤˈħɔq/ [jisˤˈħɔːɡ] (Sanaani), [jisˤˈħɔːq] (Sharaabi)
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jisˈhɒɢ/ [jisˈhɒʁ]
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jisˈχak/ (Iberian), /jisˤˈħaq/ (Mizrahi)
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jit͡sˈχɔk/, [ˈjɪt͡s.χɔk]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(j)it͡sˈχak/, (Oriental) [jit͡sˈħak]

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יִצְחָק • (yitskhák, yiṣḥāq) m

1. (biblical) Isaac (the son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent)
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Isaac

• → Ancient Greek: Ἰσαάκ (Isaák)
  • Greek: Ισαάκ (Isaák)
  • Latin: Isaāc, Isaacus
    • Hungarian: Izsák
    • → Old Irish: Isaác
      • Irish: Íosác
• → Yiddish: יצחק (yitskhok)

• H3327 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

יִצְחַק • (yitskhák)

1. Third-person masculine singular future (prefix conjugation) of צָחַק (tsakhák), to laugh.

• איציק (itsik)

From Hebrew יִצְחָק (yitskhák).

יצחק • (yitskhok) m

1. (biblical) Isaac (the son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent)
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Isaac