Jeshua

English Etymology From en hbo יֵשׁוּעַ Yēšū́a Jesus” or “Joshua. Cognate directly equivalent to en Jesus via la Iēsūs and grc Ἰησοῦς from nearly identical arc יֵשׁוּע Yēšū́ʿ. Cognate to en Joshua from related variant Hebrew form he יְהוֹשֻׁעַ Yĕhōšúa Joshua. Pronunciation en /ˈd͡ʒɛ.ʃuː.ə/ common en /jɛˈʃuː.ɐ/ etymological Proper noun en 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 [d͡ʒ]. (Compare the related English names Jesus and Joshua; the variants with [d͡ʒ] for ⟨j⟩ have become standard.)