Praying - Using the name Yeshua

[AskSeekKnock24]

Hello all,

Quick question for you: Sometimes when I pray I use Yeshua instead of Jesus when speaking to Our Lord.

Am I alone in this practice? Is it seen as odd? Do you think Adonai cares?

To be honest I just like the way Yeshua sounds, so I enjoy using it

 

[Stylites]

Hello all,

Quick question for you: Sometimes when I pray I use Yeshua instead of Jesus when speaking to Our Lord.

Am I alone in this practice? Is it seen as odd? Do you think Adonai cares?

To be honest I just like the way Yeshua sounds, so I enjoy using it

If your intent is to lovingly address Jesus regardless of how you choose to pronounce His name then I can’t imagine there would be any offense.

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[AskSeekKnock24]

That is always my intent

 

[GloriousOrder]

That’s how He would have heard His holy Name while on Earth. The Anglo-Saxon pronunciation of “Gee-sus” is a perversion of the true Name anyway. “Yeh-soos”! Our Lord sounds very ancient…

 

[Garyjohn2]

I wonder why the pronunciation ever changed? You’d think a name that is so important would be preserved, right? Very interesting…

 

[AskSeekKnock24]

I wonder this too, you’d think they would stick to the original

 

[arunsebastian]

Here in South India(Kerala) we use only Yeshua.

 

[AskSeekKnock24]

That’s really cool, I like that

 

[SonCatcher]

I wonder why the pronunciation ever changed? You’d think a name that is so important would be preserved, right? Very interesting…

I wonder this too, you’d think they would stick to the original

The issue has to do with representing the original name in a way that is phonetically possible in the new language.

“Yeshua” is a modern translation of the Holy name from Aramaic to English

“Jesus” actually came to us through Greek (Iesous) and Latin (Iesu → Jesu). In time, the “J” acquired a hard sound in English.

My copy of the “Jewish New Testament” uses Aramaic transliterations throughout (so Peter is always Kepha - even when the Greek is Petros))

 

[Garyjohn2]

The issue has to do with representing the original name in a way that is phonetically possible in the new language.

“Yeshua” is a modern translation of the Holy name from Aramaic to English

“Jesus” actually came to us through Greek (Iesous) and Latin (Iesu → Jesu). In time, the “J” acquired a hard sound in English.

That is interesting…then where did the “s” come from? Jesu(s). If its so important, why did an “I” even change to a “J”? “I” exists in the latin and anglo alphabet!

Names like Augustus (latin) and Socrates (greek) have largely remained the same in pronunciation, to the best of my knowledge…I wonder why Jesus changed.

Maybe those names have changed too though, and I"m just ignorant. I know languages just evolve, but this is so odd!

 

[SonCatcher]

That is interesting…then where did the “s” come from? Jesu(s). If its so important, why did an “I” even change to a “J”? “I” exists in the latin and anglo alphabet!

Names like Augustus (latin) and Socrates (greek) have largely remained the same in pronunciation, to the best of my knowledge…I wonder why Jesus changed.

Maybe those names have changed too though, and I"m just ignorant. I know languages just evolve, but this is so odd!

I’m not an expert by any means. I will try my best, however, to answer your question. First, the concluding “s” was present in the Greek and may have found its way back by way of Greek. Second, as Latin developed, “I” was split into vowel “I” and consonant “J.” I don’t know when or why but it is also why the tetragrammaton was once rendered “JHVH” while most modern sources render it “YHWH.”

Also interesting is that “Joshua” is essentially another modern transliteration of “Yeshua.”

(I hope nobody’s bothered by my use of quotes while discussing words and translations )

 

[Garyjohn2]

I’m not an expert by any means. I will try my best, however, to answer your question. First, the concluding “s” was present in the Greek and may have found its way back by way of Greek. Second, as Latin developed, “I” was split into vowel “I” and consonant “J.” I don’t know when or why but it is also why the tetragrammaton was once rendered “JHVH” while most modern sources render it “YHWH.”

Also interesting is that “Joshua” is essentially another modern transliteration of “Yeshua.”

(I hope nobody’s bothered by my use of quotes while discussing words and translations )

No, that is cool. Thanks. I always thought Joshua was closer to Yeshua, yet we say Jesus. If we were back in 30AD Israel and saw Christ, he’s probably respond to “Joshua” more readily than “Jesus”. This is conjecture though.

Ok, how about the Biblical Joshua then…does anyone know how his name is originally spelled/pronounced? It is in any way similar to the name Yeshua? It seems to me its like “Gary” and “Jerry”…pretty much the same pronunciation with the same roots, yet different. But what do I know…

 

[SonCatcher]

No, that is cool. Thanks. I always thought Joshua was closer to Yeshua, yet we say Jesus. If we were back in 30AD Israel and saw Christ, he’s probably respond to “Joshua” more readily than “Jesus”. This is conjecture though.

Ok, how about the Biblical Joshua then…does anyone know how his name is originally spelled/pronounced? It is in any way similar to the name Yeshua? It seems to me its like “Gary” and “Jerry”…pretty much the same pronunciation with the same roots, yet different. But what do I know…

I think the OT Joshua was named in the Hebrew form of the same name but there may be a minor variation that is not clear since Biblical names are transliterated instead of translated.