yēšūaʿ יֵשׁוּעַ ‘Jeshua’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
for yᵊhōšūaʿ יְהוֹשׁוּעַ ‘Joshua’
Roots:
יהושׁוע יהושׁוע
yēšūaʿ pr n m pers + pr n loc
Jeshua = "he is saved"
n pr m
1) son of Nun of the tribe of Ephraim and successor to Moses as the leader of the children of Israel; led the conquest of Canaan
2) son of Jehozadak and high priest after the restoration
3) a priest in the time of David who had charge of the 9th course
4) a Levite in the reign of Hezekiah
5) head of a Levitical house which returned from captivity in Babylon
6) father of a builder of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
n pr loc
7) a town in southern Judah reinhabited by the people of Judah after the return from captivity