Word info

Jeshua

Proper noun

Meaning

Jeshua

Alternative spelling of Yeshua (“Jesus” or “Joshua”); a traditional Biblical transliteration, now uncommon among Anglophones as pronunciation of initial Hebrew yodh can be more clearly represented by English grapheme ⟨y⟩ whereas the most common modern English pronunciation of ⟨j⟩ has become [dʒ]. (Compare the related English names Jesus and Joshua; corruption of the original [j] sound into [dʒ] has become widespread standard English pronunciation of both names.)

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

According to another opinion, he did not join the first party so as not to compete, even involuntarily, with Jeshua ben Jozadak for the office of chief priest. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms