HIS NAME IS YESHUA, NOT YAHSHUA
Andre Widodo
© ORI
Shalom,
How do we get the Name "Yeshua" as the Name of Messiah?
This is really quite a simple exercise. The name יֵשׁוּעַ (Yeshua) appears multiple times in Ezra and Nehemiah and once in each of the books of Chronicles.
1Ch 24:11 KJV
The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
1Ch 24:11 Westminster Leningrad Codex
לְיֵשׁ֙וּעַ֙ הַתְּשִׁעִ֔י לִשְׁכַנְיָ֖הוּ הָעֲשִׂרִֽי
1Ch 24:11 Hebrew Transliteration
le.ye.shu.a ha.te.shi.i lish.khan.ya.hu ha.a.si.ri
In the English, you can usually find it as "Jeshua".
To arrive at the correct pronunciation, however, we have to accept and fully understand the Masoretic vowel pointings.
Those who are insistent upon the "YAHshua" pronunciation reject the traditional Masoretic vowel pointings when it does not suit their beliefs. Or the other possibility is, they do not understand the Hebrew.
The name begins with a Hebrew letter י (YOD), which carries with it the sound of our English "Y".
The vowel point associated with the YOD is the "ֵ"(tsere).
Tsere ( Hebrew : צֵירֵי, sometimes צירה ) is a Hebrew niqqud vowel sign represented by two dots "ֵ" underneath a letter.
In modern Hebrew, it indicates the phoneme /e/ which is the same as the "e" sound in "sell" and is transliterated as an "e". In modern Hebrew, a tsere makes the same sound as a segol.
Segol (Hebrew : סֶגּוֹל) is a Hebrew niqqud vowel sign that is represented by three dots forming an upside down equilateral triangle "ֶ".
So, with tsere, it makes the vowel sound "eh" in sephardic/modern Hebrew ("ey" in Ashkenazi).
Let's look again at the Hebrew Name : יֵשׁ֙וּעַ֙
So the first letter is the יֵ (YOD) and with the tsere ( two dots "ֵ" underneath a letter ) , the sound is "yeh".
The second letter is the שׁ֙ (SHIN) and makes the "sh" sound.
The third letter is the וּ (VAV) with the וּ (shuruk) pointing, which makes an "oo" sound. (The ו alone makes a "v" sound, but when it appears as וּ the ו functions as a vowel.)
Together, יֵשׁוּ makes the sound "yeh-shoo". The final letter is the ע (AYIN).
By itself, the ע is a silent letter, however, it appears as עַ with the ַ (patakh) vowel pointing, which adds the "ah" sound to the letter.
Together, the three syllables of יֵשׁוּעַ are pronounced "yeh-shoo-ah".
We transliterate this in English as "Yeshua."
Andre Widodo
© ORI
Shalom,
How do we get the Name "Yeshua" as the Name of Messiah?
This is really quite a simple exercise. The name יֵשׁוּעַ (Yeshua) appears multiple times in Ezra and Nehemiah and once in each of the books of Chronicles.
1Ch 24:11 KJV
The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
1Ch 24:11 Westminster Leningrad Codex
לְיֵשׁ֙וּעַ֙ הַתְּשִׁעִ֔י לִשְׁכַנְיָ֖הוּ הָעֲשִׂרִֽי
1Ch 24:11 Hebrew Transliteration
le.ye.shu.a ha.te.shi.i lish.khan.ya.hu ha.a.si.ri
In the English, you can usually find it as "Jeshua".
To arrive at the correct pronunciation, however, we have to accept and fully understand the Masoretic vowel pointings.
Those who are insistent upon the "YAHshua" pronunciation reject the traditional Masoretic vowel pointings when it does not suit their beliefs. Or the other possibility is, they do not understand the Hebrew.
The name begins with a Hebrew letter י (YOD), which carries with it the sound of our English "Y".
The vowel point associated with the YOD is the "ֵ"(tsere).
Tsere ( Hebrew : צֵירֵי, sometimes צירה ) is a Hebrew niqqud vowel sign represented by two dots "ֵ" underneath a letter.
In modern Hebrew, it indicates the phoneme /e/ which is the same as the "e" sound in "sell" and is transliterated as an "e". In modern Hebrew, a tsere makes the same sound as a segol.
Segol (Hebrew : סֶגּוֹל) is a Hebrew niqqud vowel sign that is represented by three dots forming an upside down equilateral triangle "ֶ".
So, with tsere, it makes the vowel sound "eh" in sephardic/modern Hebrew ("ey" in Ashkenazi).
Let's look again at the Hebrew Name : יֵשׁ֙וּעַ֙
So the first letter is the יֵ (YOD) and with the tsere ( two dots "ֵ" underneath a letter ) , the sound is "yeh".
The second letter is the שׁ֙ (SHIN) and makes the "sh" sound.
The third letter is the וּ (VAV) with the וּ (shuruk) pointing, which makes an "oo" sound. (The ו alone makes a "v" sound, but when it appears as וּ the ו functions as a vowel.)
Together, יֵשׁוּ makes the sound "yeh-shoo". The final letter is the ע (AYIN).
By itself, the ע is a silent letter, however, it appears as עַ with the ַ (patakh) vowel pointing, which adds the "ah" sound to the letter.
Together, the three syllables of יֵשׁוּעַ are pronounced "yeh-shoo-ah".
We transliterate this in English as "Yeshua."
Why somebody say that the Name Yeshua - means - this name to be forgoten-??
ReplyDeleteIn JUDAISM, there is so-called AMIDAH. And in AMIDAH there is so-called BIRKAT HA'MINIM, this is the 12th blessing.
DeleteThis was instituted at the council of Yavneh sometime after the destruction of the second Temple, and was composed in response to the Essenes sect and early Messianic Believers in Yeshua as Mashiach.
They twisted the Name YESHUA to YESHU [ישו], which stands for:
י = Yimaḥ
ש = Shĕmo
ו = Vezikhro
Meaning, MAY HIS NAME AND MEMORY BE STRICKEN OUT.
Shalom. Thank you Andre. It is true that the Name -MoshiYah-(Messia), have the Holy Name of YHVH - Yah ? Why MessiYah and not MessiYeh like in Yehshuah??
ReplyDeleteI was publicite your artikle on mi facebook page, and somebody give me this all quastions.
Mabe you can make an article about all that issue ? For the Glory of YHVH!