Aramaic

Proper noun

ישוע • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. Joshua, a Biblical character and a male given name.
2. Jesus, the Christian messiah.

Hebrew

Etymology

In sense 1, from יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ‎(y'hoshúa, “Joshua”) via syncope. In sense 2, from sense 1 via a belief that this was the original form of Jesus' name; see the article on “Yeshua (name)” in Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Proper noun

יֵשׁוּעַ • ‎(yeshúa) m

1. (archaic) Jeshua; a male given name.
   • Ezra 3:9 (with translation from the King James Version of the Bible):

     וַיַּעֲמֹד יֵשׁוּעַ בָּנָיו וְאֶחָיו קַדְמִיאֵל וּבָנָיו בְּנֵֽי־יְהוּדָה כְּאֶחָד לְנַצֵּחַ עַל־עֹשֵׂה הַמְּלָאכָה בְּבֵית הָאֱלֹהִים בְּנֵי חֵֽנָדָד בְּנֵיהֶם וַאֲחֵיהֶם הַלְוִיִּֽם׃

     wayya`amód yeshúa` banáw w'eḥáw qadmi'él uvanáw b'néi-y'hudá k'eḥád l'naTZTZéiaḥ `al-`ośé hamm'lakha b'vét ha'elohím b'néi ḥénadar b'neihém wa'aḥeihém halwiyyím: (This is using a new pronunciation of Hebrew developed by some scholars though the letters and knowledge came from Jews, they decided to randomly make the 'vav' the Hebrew, Persian and Urdu letter into a 'waw' the Arabic letter.)

     Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.

2. (modern Christian liturgical Hebrew) Jesus.

Related terms

• יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ‎(y'hoshúa)
• ישו ‎(yéshu)