hōšaʿăyā הוֹשַׁעֲיָה ‘Hoshaiah’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
from yāšaʿ יָשַׁע ‘to save’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots:
ישׁע
יה
hōšaʿăyā pr n m pers
Hoshaiah = "Jehovah as saved"
1) a prince of Judah who assisted in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
2) the father of Jezaniah (or Azariah) who was a man of note after the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar in the time of Jeremiah