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)
   • 1940, Saul Raskin, translated by Yehoash, פּרקי אבות [Pirkē Aboth in etchings], New York, N.Y., translation of original in Hebrew, page 6:

     משה האט געקראגען די תורה פון בארג סיני און האט זי איבערגעגעבען צו יהושע׳ן.

     [משה האָט געקראָגן די תּורה פֿון באַרג סיני און האָט זי איבערגעגעבן צו יהושען.]

     moyshe hot gekrogn di toyre fun barg sinay un hot zi ibergegebn tsu yehoshuen.

     Moses recieved the Torah at Mount Sinai and gave it to Joshua.

3. Joshua (the sixth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh)

As a personal name, it can optionally become יהושען (yehoshuen, yeshuen) in the accusative or dative.

• יאָשקע (yoshke)