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Where does “יֶשַׁע” come from?

יֶשַׁע (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew ישעיהו, from Hebrew ־יהו, from Hebrew יהוה, from Proto-Semitic *haway-.

Ancestry of “יֶשַׁע”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewישעיהו—
2Hebrew־יהוA theophoric suffix, meaning "the Lord", used in...
3HebrewיהוהYHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh
4Proto-Semitic*haway-—

Words derived from “יֶשַׁע”

  • ישעיהו
Every word from Proto-Semitic *haway- →