yᵊšaʿyāhū יְשַׁעְיָ֫הוּ ‘Isaiah’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
from yāšaʿ יָשַׁע ‘to save’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots:
ישׁע
יה
Variants: יְשַׁעְיָ֫הוּ, יְשַׁעְיָה
yᵊšaʿyāhū pr n m pers
AIsaiah or Jesaiah or Jeshaiah = "Jehovah has saved"
1) the major prophet, son of Amoz, who prophesied concerning Judah and Jerusalem during the days of kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah; author of the prophetic book by his name; tradition has it that he was sawn asunder in the trunk of a carob tree by king Manasseh and that this is the incident referred to in Heb 11:37
2) one of the 6 sons of Jeduthun
3) son of Rehabiah, a descendant of Moses through Gershom, and an ancestor of a Levite treasurer in the time of David
BIsaiah or Jesaiah or Jeshaiah = "Jehovah has saved"
1) son of Hananiah, brother of Pelatiah, and grandson of Zerubbabel
2) a Benjamite
3) son of Athaliah and chief of the house of Elam who returned with Ezra
4) a chief of the descendants of Merari who returned with Ezra