Hebrew

Proper noun

יֵשׁוּ • ‎(yeshú) m

1. Jesus (Jesus of Nazareth).

Usage notes

• Used of Jesus the Nazarene in polemical contexts in the Talmud and medieval rabbinical literature, in distinction from ישוע used of other Joshuas.^[1]
• In modern Hebrew, this is the standard secular spelling for Jesus of Nazareth, but not for other Joshuas.^[2]

References

1. ↑ Robert E. Van Voorst, Jesus outside the New Testament, 2000, ISBN 9780802843685, page 124.
2. ↑ Ben Yehuda Hebrew Dictionary, 1989, ISBN 9780671688622, page 514. Bantam-Megiddo Hebrew Dictionary, 2009, page 177. Reuben Alcalay, 1963, The Complete Hebrew Dictionary, Masada Publishing Co., Ramat Gan, page 1995.

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew ישו.

Proper noun

ישו • ‎(yeshu) m

1. Jesus (Jesus of Nazareth)

Synonyms

• יעזוס ‎(yezus)
• ישו הנוצרי ‎(yeshu hanotsri)
• יאָשקע ‎(yoshke) (pejorative)
• יאָשקע פּאַנדרע ‎(yoshke pandre) (pejorative)