JESUS THE WAY

This is a collection of information I have researched and collected.  I have copied some information from other websites that I have referenced here.  This is an examination of evidence of the Hebrew Name of the Messiah (Annointed One)  – JESUS.   I know from personal experience that the Son of God, the Christ/Messiah, does indeed answer to “JESUS”.  HE  is the same Being as written about in the New testemant and Old Testement.   We just learned His name in english as Jesus…He is the same person as with His Hebrew name.  This is an attempt to discover the “Truth” for clarity and understanding….

Mat 1:20-23   But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.    And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.  Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,  Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

“JESUS” – Root Word (Etymology) – Of Hebrew origin יְהוֹשׁוּעַ (Strongs H3091)  – Yĕhowshuwa` (yeh·hō·shü’·ah) from Root From יְהֹוָה (H3068) and יָשַׁע (H3467)

 

Jesus is ethnically a Hebrew decendant. (Hebrew: A member or descendant of a Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew; ) Thus His name would have been Hebrew.  I believe that the Hebrew people still spoke a form of ancient Hebrew at the time of Jesus, as well a speaking Aramaic, and probably Greek.  The Romans were around also, they spoke Latin.  None of them spoke English.

 

Technically, Jesus’ name originally is close to YAHUSHUAH – which means ‘Yah is Salvation’ (Yah being short for “Yahweh” (“YHWH”) or something close that, maybe Yahuwah, see Tetragrammaton.)  

 

Psalms 68:4 “Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Extol Him who rides on the clouds, By His name YAH, And rejoice before Him.” New King James Version

 

Isaiah 12:2 “Behold, God [is] my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For YAH, the LORD, [is] my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.‘ ” New King James Version

 

Isaiah 26:4 “Trust in the LORD forever, For in Yah, the LORD, [is] everlasting strength. ” New King James Version

 

Yahweh is the Covenent name of God in the Hebrew Bible. This form is a modern scholarly convention: in Hebrew it is written as four consonants, rendered in Roman letters as YHWH. The most likely meaning of the name may be “He Brings Into Existence Whatever Exists,” but there are many theories and none is regarded as conclusive by scholars.

The Bible describes Yahweh as the one true God who delivered Israel from Egypt and gave the Ten Commandments, “Then God spoke all these words. He said, ‘I am Yahweh your God who brought you out of Egypt, where you lived as slaves. You shall have no other gods to rival me.’”

Yahweh revealed himself to Israel as a jealous God who would not permit his people to make idols or follow gods of other nations or worship gods known by other names, “I am Yahweh, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, or my praise to idols.” Yahweh demanded the role of the one true God in the hearts and minds of Israel, “Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God; Yahweh is one: and you shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.” ^{(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh)}

Jesus made a statement that He came is His FATHER’s Name.   John 5:43   “I am come in my Father’s name, and you receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him you will receive. 
John 5:44   How can you believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that [cometh] from God only? ”

 

^{Jesus came in HIS Father’s Name: YAH – Jesus = YAHUSHUA = YAH is Salvation.  Jesus is the Salvation that YAH gives.  YAH is Jesus’ Father.  The SON of YAH – in YAH’s Name – Bringing Salvation.}

^{Jesus came in His Father’s Name to the people of YAH in the land of Yahrushaliam  (Jerusalem) - The city with GOD’s name on it.  The people of Yahrushaliam rejected the message of God in the days of the Messiah – Yahushua, the Son of Yah.  Yahushua, said He will not visit Yahrushaliam (Jerusalem) again until they say “Blessed is HE who comes in THE NAME OF THE LORD”  (Referring to HIMSELF – He will not return to earth until Israel blesses Jesus- Yahushua – the Messiah – Son of Yah.  Psalms 110 – Yahushua is NOW at the Right hand of Yah the Most High.}

Lament over Jerusalem  Mathew 23:37-39

“Jerusalem (Yahrushaliam), Jerusalem (Yahrushaliam), who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. “Behold, your house is being left to you desolate!   “For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, ‘BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!‘”

“Blessed is HE” is refering to the one and only Messiah – JESUS – YAHUSHUA – who is seated at the Right Hand of the Father (Yah) in Heaven.  He will not be reincarnated or be born again from a woman.  After He was raised from the dead and was seen for over 40 days, 500 people watched Him ascend to Heaven. When Yahushua comes again, it will be FROM HEAVEN in Glory and Power  (Greater than theMount Sinai story when the Power of God came down with Moses and Yah’s people), and not by Himself only, but with Myriads of Saints and Holy Angels…bringing the Kingdom of God/Heaven to the Earth.

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This is an exerpt from the website: http://www.eliyah.com/yahushua.html

Why use Yahushua?

 ”The Branch” is a prophetic reference to the coming Messiah who would be a Priest AND King (Compare Psalm 110, Isaiah 9:6). 

So Zechariah was instructed to take a crown and place it on the head of Yahushua (in the Hebrew it has ), the son of Yahutsadak. Yahutsadak means “Yahweh is righteous”. When placing the crown on the head of the High Priest, Zechariah was told to proclaim:

Looking at the Hebrew text (rather than Arabic or Cantonese), and the letters of the name for the man they today call “JOSHUA”, we see yod-hay-waw-shin-ayin, or YAHUSHUA (alt. YAHOSHUA).  We should not be upset about this either. The Name is also correct if we shorten it to Y’shua; the meaning still stands, “Yah is our salvation”. “Ben” is short for “Benyamin” (no letter “J” is possible for Hebrew, Greek, or Latin – it didn’t show up in any alphabet until about 1530 CE).  One thing is certain, Yahushua was never called “JESUS” while He was on Earth.  The letter “Y” at the beginning of the Name is followed by the Hebrew letter “hay”, and “yod-hay” is the short form of the proper Name Yahuah (mostly seen as Yahweh), as we see “YAH” used at Psalm 68:4. So, “Yah” is contained in the first part of the authentic Name of the Messiah of Israel, and it is connected to “shua”(save), explaining why Gabriel said, “‘Yoseph, you son of David, fear not to take unto you Miryam your wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the (Ruach haQodesh). And she shall bring forth a son, and you shall call His Name (Yahushua): for He shall save (shua) his people from their sins.’ Matt 1:20-25

As recently as 1599, in the “Geneva Bible”, you will find that there was no use of the letter “J” – they spelled the Rabbi’s Name “IESVS”.  “James” is spelled “IAMES”, very much corrupted from the original name, Ya’aqob.

The form “YESHUA” has been cited to be from the acronym “YESHU“, a mutilation of Yahushua’s Name used by unbelieving Yahudim during the late 1st and 2nd century CE (search google.com for more on this). The letters in “YESHU” stood for the sentence, “Yemach Shmo u’Zikro” meaning “may his name be blotted out” (from the scroll of life). You can search the internet yourself with these letters, and find this to be true. This “Yeshu” acronym is highly likely the root of the form “JESUS”, after going through Greek, then Latin, considering the following evolutionary path:

YESHU (remember, this is an acronym, meaning “may his name be blotted out”, referring to the scroll of life). A rabbinic word-play, from the original Hebrew words: “Yemach Shmo u’Zikro”.  The Talmud records Yahushua’s Name as “YESHU” (seen in modern translations as JESCHU), a form which denigrates Him and promotes the “secret” acronym’s meaning.  There’s not actually a letter “W” in the Hebrew alef-beth; the letter “W” is a rather new letter to our own alpha-beta. It’s called a “DOUBLE-U” for a reason; our letter “U” is a perfect match with the sixth letter of the Hebrew alef-beth, now called a “waw”. Acronyms are abbreviated messages, like “SCUBA” stands for “self contained underwater breathing apparatus”.

YESU IESOU – Going into Greek, the letter “Y” became an IOTA because Greek has no “Y”; also, the sound of “SH” was lost, because Greek has no letters to make this sound. The letter combination “OU” is a diphthong, arising from the Greek attempt to transliterate the sound “OO” as in “woof”. Our letter “U” and the Hebrew letter “WAW” does this easily. JESU is used also.

YESOUS IESOU took on an ending “S” to form IESOUS, since the Greek wanted to render the word masculine with the ending “S”. Going to Latin, the diphthong “OU” became “U”.

THE FORM JESUS  (Became popularized by the Authorized Version, or KJV).

In the early 1530′s, the letter “J” developed, causing a tail on proper names beginning with the letter ” i “, and words used at the beginning of sentences. This “J” is really the letter “IOTA”. Many European languages pronounce “J” as the letter ” i “, or a “Y” sound.

If we go to the Greek language, and attempt to spell YAHUSHUA, the first thing we notice is that we cannot do it for the lack of two letter/sounds: the Y and the SH. But, if we had to come as close as we possibly could, it would still wind up like trying to play a symphony on a 4-string banjo. It would have to begin with the Greek letter IOTA, then to simulate the vowel sound in “YAH” the second Greek letter would have to be an ALPHA. Clement of Alexandria spelled YAHUAH (yod-hay-waw-hay) with the Greek letters IAOUE. There is only one name that is the true Name, and that would be the Hebrew-based Name, uncorrupted by foreign alphabets. To build on a foundation other than the original Hebrew, one cannot arrive at a proper transliteration.

“He is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the capstone.’  Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:11-12

If we accept a Roman, Greek, or Arabic form that has no meaning of salvation, nor contains the proper Name, then we have abandoned Truth. (Lew White)

Text recently added (and pertinent) to the article:  Yahushua (Yah Hoo Shoo Ah), though similar to Yeshua, differs in a few ways.  Foremost among a large part of Messianic Judaism’s scholars, it is believed to be the more correct rendering as it maintains Yahu which is found at the beginning (as many transliterate It) of the Creators Name.  Again, YESHU is an orthodox Jewish (or rabbinical Jewish) acronym meaning “may his name be blotted out”, which would seem to have no place among Messianics nor Christians, for they worship Yahushuah as the Messiah.  Following the death of the Messiah, the apostles were constantly being beaten and threatened by the Pharisees (rabbinic Jews) and Sadducees for their use of the Messiah’s Name (Acts 9:15,16, 18:14,15, 26:9-11). This apparent dislike for anything associated with His Name is what some scholars believe to have spurred the creation of the apparently blasphemous YESHU acronym in place of the “Yahu” prefix, which the rabbinic Jews view as too holy to be uttered. The Name is an obvious division in the beliefs between rabbinic and Messianic Judaism.

 

While studying the true Name, remember:  Yahusha (or Yahushua) isn’t a Christian, and His Name isn’t based on Greek, but Hebrew.  “HESUS” is a Hebrew term, meaning “the horse” spelled hay-samek-uau-samek.  The KJV was the first to show the world the spelling “JESUS”.  216 times, we find it spelled in the TaNaK: yod-hay-uau-shin-ayin

YAHU + SHA is the English transliteration of the above 5 Hebrew letters.

Charles Darwin didn’t even know cells existed in his time, and the apostles didn’t know the word “JESUS” existed in theirs.  The word “JESUS” had not been “discovered” until around 1530 CE (cells are real, but the word “JESUS” was not discovered, but rather invented).

MUTATION FLOW GRAPH  (How the Name changed over time):

The elephant in the room that everyone is ignoring is this:

The graphing of the mutations (above) only shows how the distortions occurred, it is not a means of justifying the mutations.

So-called scholars are looking at the “in-between” phases and alterations that occurred over time, instead of simply taking the original letters from the Hebrew directly into the modern English alphabet.

To put stock in what someone did as a foreigner to the Hebrew long ago is the fatal flaw, and then they build graphs to illustrate their morphing monstrosity as if the sheer quantity of data will convince everyone that the facts are all assembled.  The truth is, the lettering of Yahusha’s Name has been put through the meat-grinders of foreign languages, and passed from one distortion to further distortion.

The Aramaic form, (yod-shin-uau-ayin), “Y’shua”, is a construction found ONCE as a name in Scripture at NehemYah 8 (the only incident in all of Scripture for this spelling), and is a shortened form of “Yahusha”.  Another 27 uses of this word (yod-shin-uau-ayin) are not a proper name, but simply the term for “deliverance”.

The graphing of the mutations only shows how the distortions occurred, it is not a means of justifying the mutations.

WOULD THE CREATOR’S RELIGION HAVE A GREEK NAME?

The “English” name, Jesus

   The Norman invasion of 1066 introduced the letter “j” to England but the sound of the letter did not exist in the Old English language until the early 1200′s.  Over the next 300 years the hard “J” sound started to replace male names that began with I or Y because it sounded so masculine.  Names like Iames became “James,” Iakob became Jacob, and Yohan became “John.”  During the time the letter J was starting to gain acceptance, John Wycliffe became the first person to translate the New Testament from Latin into English in 1384.  He preserved the Latin spelling and pronunciation of IESUS but his translation was unread by the common man because only a few hand-written copies of his Bible were produced which were quickly banned by the Church.  The KJV was legally the only “authorized” version allowed in England, and was produced to stamp out the Geneva translation (The Geneva “Bible” contained many footnotes, reference helps, and conveyed a high level of general information for people to learn).

When Gutenburg invented the printing press the Latin Vulgate “Bible” became the first book ever printed in 1455. The first printed bible in a foreign tongue was the German Mentel Bible of 1466 followed by the Martin Luther bible of 1522.

After William Tyndale was denied permission to print an English bible he went to visit Martin Luther and completed his translation of the New Testament in 1525.  Tyndale had 18,000 copies printed at Worms and smuggled into England of which only two copies survive.  After printing his revised edition of 1534 he was captured in Belgium, tried for heresy by order of the pope, and put to death in 1536 by strangulation after which his body was burned at the stake.

By the year 1611 the letter “J” was officially part of the English language and the King James Bible was printed along with pronunciation guides for all proper names like Jesus, Jew, Jeremiah, Jerusalem, Judah, and John.  

The name “Jesus” has been in use ever since.

   At Acts 4:12, we learn that there is only ONE NAME under heaven, given among men by which we may be saved, yet we see that the true Name has been under constant change over the centuries.  Originally, it was spelled yod-hay-uau-shin-ayin.  

The true Name of the Mashiach can be proven by deduction;  and you should know that we cannot trust the Greek to explain the Hebrew.  But, when we see that the Greek text uses the same letters  (IESOUS) when referring to the men that translators spell as “Joshua” and “Jesus”, then we know these letters refer to not just a similar name, but the same name;  the Greek alphabet simply corrupted the Name for us.   

We can fix that easily.   The Mashiach of Israel certainly never had a Greek name, so let’s hunt-down His real, Hebrew Name!

   At Hebrews 4 and Acts 7 (Hebrews written by Sha’ul, and Acts by Luke), we discover from the Greek that the Savior’s Name is spelled IESOUS.   I’m not saying these two men wrote the text in Greek, but the Greek is what we have received.  The name “JESUS” isn’t even in the original Scriptures  -  and you can check out the way it looked back in 1599 by clicking on this:  1599 Geneva Translation.  

    Hebrews 4 and Acts 7 refer to “Joshua” (Yahusha more accurately), using the same Greek letters, IESOUS.   Now think very hard;  could the successor of Mosheh and the Mashiach of Israel possibly have the same NAME in the original Hebrew?   Scholars don’t doubt it for a second that they did indeed.  To learn the real name of your Savior, go look at the Hebrew letters for the spelling of “Joshua”:  yod-hay-uau-shin-ayin    (It isn’t rocket surgery you know). Both had the Hebrew name:  YAHUSHA (spelled twice in the TaNaK as YAHUSHUA).  The Greek alphabet cannot transliterate this word, and “Latinizing” the Greek form only makes it freakier.  The Name of our Savior contains the Name of our Creator, because He is our Creator, and His Name is His identification (His identity is wrapped-up in His Name. 

YAH  = “I am”  . . .   so, Yahusha (or Yahushua) literally means “I am your salvation” as well as “Yah is our salvation”.  He is the everlasting Father,  and El Shaddai (Is. 6:9, Rev. 1).     The Savior is in fact the Being that revealed His Name as Yahuah  –  there’s no argument there in the least (He is the “Alef and the Tau”).  We use the spelling Yahusha or Yahushua because it states the Name and function or role the messenger Gabri’el provided.   We find that Scripture records the practice of giving names, and commonly the chosen name will provide a description or attribute of the individual.    Because Gabriel included the phrase, “for he shall save his people from their sins”, it is obvious that there was a distinctive meaning in the Name carrying the idea of salvation, from the root yasha.  Also, the Name chosen aligns with the meaning of the name of the man that brought Israel into the promised land (called Joshua by tradition). The Greek texts at Hebrews 4 and Acts 7 both indicate the spelling to be identical for both the Mashiach and the successor of Mosheh:  IESOUS (in the Greek letters).  

Therefore, all we have to do is go to the Hebrew texts, find the spelling of the name of the man that succeeded Mosheh, and we have found the Savior’s Name perfectly preserved  ~  and based on the texts of Shemoth (Exodus).  Logical deduction brings this out.   The Name “Yahushua” describes the FUNCTION or ROLE that our Creator has become. 

To ignore this function/role, we have to overlook the phrase included by Gabriel when the Name was given:

   “But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of (Yahuah) appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Yoseph, you son of David, fear not to take unto you Miryam your wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the (Ruach haQodesh).   And she shall bring forth a son, and you shall call His Name (Yahushua):  for he shall save  (DELIVER) his people from their sins.   Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of (Yahuah) by the prophet, saying, ‘Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel’, which being interpreted is, (Eloah) with us. Then Yoseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of (Yahuah) had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:  And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name (Yahusha).”    Matt 1:20-25 

THE REAL NAME OF THE MESSIAH

ONE OF THESE TWO IS OF RECENT ORIGIN, AND THEREFORE A FRAUD:

JESUS?     OR    YAHUSHA?

“YAHUSHA” means “Yah is our deliverer” in Hebrew.  “JESUS” seems to convey “hail Zeus” in Greek, and “the horse” in Hebrew (he-soos).

   Both cannot be true.  Since there was no letter “J” on planet Earth until around 1530 CE, one of these two is already exposed.  To say “we speak English” isn’t a defense of anything, since the “only Name” given in which there is salvation is a Hebrew Name, not an English one (Acts 4:12).  The letters used to convey the correct sound of the Name to call upon are in English.  Neither of the two originated in English.  Yahuah does not change, so the Name of our Messiah would not undergo alterations over time, unless another being tampered with it  -  such as an enemy!  We know we must overcome the deceptions, and a very serious “stronghold” is the false name, which the anti-Messiah will use.

   Scholars know how to determine the real Name of the Messiah of Israel, but they hesitate because “tradition” would be directly challenged.  The evidence reveals that the person known as “Joshua” in the Scriptures has exactly the same Hebrew name as the Messiah, because both the Messiah and the successor of Mosheh are identical in Greek, IESOUS.  The Name of the Messiah is not Greek, but Hebrew.  The Name has a meaning in Hebrew;  yet “JESUS” (or JEZUS if in Jugoslavia) is promoted by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) to be valid based solely upon Greek, not Hebrew.  This study should set the record straight, because we are going to look at the Hebrew to allow the true Name to become known.

YAHUSHA & YAHUSHUA ARE BOTH CORRECT TRANSLITERATIONS

THE MESSIAH’S NAME IS FOUND 218 TIMES IN THE TANAK.

In 216 of these, the spelling is:  yod-hay-uau-shin-ayin:  YAHUSHA.

The son of Nun (a leader of the tribe Ephraim) that we find in the concordance started out with a four-lettered name, then Mosheh changed it by adding one letter to the beginning of his name:

#1954:  HAY-UAU-SHIN-AYIN, rendered in the KJV as “HOSHEA” (Dt. 32:44), and “OSHEA” (Num 13:16).

#3091:  YOD-HAY-UAU-SHIN-AYIN, this spelling is found 216 times, rendered in the KJV as “JOSHUA”. 

In another two instances in all of Scripture it is spelled

YOD-HAY-UAU-SHIN-UAU-AYIN, or “YAHUSHUA”.

The two uses of this 6-lettered spelling are found in the Hebrew at Deut. 3:21 and Judg. 2:7. 

As of our current research on this topic reveals, these are spellings found in the TaNaK:

216 times found:  Yahusha    YOD-HAY-UAU-SHIN-AYIN

2 times found:  Yahushua     YOD-HAY-UAU-SHIN-UAU-AYIN

1 time found:  Y’shua  (Neh. 8:17)  YOD-SHIN-UAU-AYIN

An interesting verse pertaining to the “name change” of this son of Nun is at Num 13:16  (KJV concordance numbers are used here):

“These⁴²⁸ are the names⁸⁰³⁴ of the men³⁷⁶ which⁸³⁴ Moses⁴⁸⁷² sent⁷⁹⁷¹ to spy out^{8446 (853)} the land.⁷⁷⁶ And Moses⁴⁸⁷² called⁷¹²¹ Oshea¹⁹⁵⁴ the son¹¹²¹ of Nun⁵¹²⁶ Joshua.³⁰⁹¹”

   In the above verse you can see the concordance numbers embedded in the KJV English.  The Hebrew root “yaSHA” means to deliver, and is the root of the name of the son of Nun, HUSHA(#1954).   In two places, we see the letter UAU between the SHIN-AYIN at the end of the name. 

YAHUSHUA and YAHUSHA?  Both are used in Scripture, so are acceptable, and have the same meaning.

Found 2 times in the TaNaK:  “YAHUSHUA”

Found 216 times in the TaNaK:  “YAHUSHA”

   Concerning the specific number of uses of the spelling YOD-HAY-UAU-SHIN-UAU-AYIN (using 2 letter UAU’s), There are exactly two instances that refer to the successor of Mosheh, Yahusha.  The two uses of this 6-lettered spelling are found at Deut. 3:21 and Judg. 2:7.  In both of these books, this name was used with only one “UAU” in the following ratios:

Deuteronomy / Debarim:  7 to 1  (seven times, the spelling was YOD-HAY-UAU-SHIN-AYIN, and 1 time YOD-HAY-UAU-SHIN-UAU-AYIN).

Judges:  5 to 1  (five times, the spelling was YOD-HAY-UAU-SHIN-AYIN, and 1 time YOD-HAY-UAU-SHIN-UAU-AYIN).

Overall ratio:  216 to 2  (216 times, the spelling in the TaNaK was YOD-HAY-UAU-SHIN-AYIN, and twice it was YOD-HAY-UAU-SHIN-UAU-AYIN).

                  יהושע  

 יהו              The first part is not in question: YAHU 

שע                  This requires our close attention; is the pronunciation  – SHUA?  Or is it simply SHA?

The root yaSHA means “to deliver”  -   ישע

Let’s check out the correct Hebrew names of two prophets Isaiah and Elisha:

    ישעיהו       YESHAYAHU Strong’s #3470 – “Yah has saved.”

         ישע          YESHA            Strong’s #3468 – “Salvation, deliverance.”

          שע        Remove the   י   and we have – SHA

    אלישע      ELIYSHA       Strong’s #477    -  “El of deliverance.”

Therefore from the Hebrew we have     יהושע    = YAHUSHA

The ending “SHA” and “SHUA” mean the same.  

How is SHUA written in Hebrew and does it have a meaning?

 שוע               SHUWA   Strong’s #7768:  “Cry for help.”

אלישוע       ELIYSHUA  Strong’s no 474: “El of riches.”

To get to the pronunciation YAHUSHUA we would have to insert a ו between the ע   and the ש   and spell His Name in Hebrew:    יהושוע   -  this spelling uses two of the letter ו  

“Yahushua” is seen twice out of 218 times in the TaNaK, so both “Yahushua” and “Yahusha” are acceptable transliterations.

YahuSHUA and YahuSHA  -  SHUA and SHA both contain the Hebrew root, yaSHA, meaning deliverance (salvation).

 

   Both spellings, Yahushua and Yahusha, are endorsed by the inspired texts.  Concerning the specific number of uses of the spelling Yahushua YOD-HAY-UAU-SHIN-UAU-AYIN (using 2 letter UAU’s), There are exactly two instances in the TaNaK, referring to the successor of Mosheh (Joshua in the KJV).  The two uses of this 6-lettered spelling are in fact found at Deut. 3:21 and Judg. 2:7.  Even in these books, both variations in spelling are found.  In these two books alone, this name was used with only one “UAU” in the following ratios:

Deuteronomy / Debarim:  7 to 1:  seven times, the spelling was YOD-HAY-UAU-SHIN-AYIN (Yahusha), and 1 time YOD-HAY-UAU-SHIN-UAU-AYIN (Yahushua).

Judges:  5 to 1;  five times, the spelling was the 5-letterYOD-HAY-UAU-SHIN-AYIN (Yahusha), and 1 time YOD-HAY-UAU-SHIN-UAU-AYIN (Yahushua).

Overall ratio:  216 to 2  (216 times, the spelling in the TaNaK was YOD-HAY-UAU-SHIN-AYIN, and twice it was YOD-HAY-UAU-SHIN-UAU-AYIN).

   Since both are seen used in Scripture, then either is acceptable.  Both are equally correct, and have the same meaning;  however one of the two forms is the more widely used in the inspired texts, and I am only pointing out to everyone that they should take a look at the facts.   I feel that the more accurate would be the 5-lettered form used 216 times, but I have to accept that the spelling seen only twice is fine also.

   There is no reason to believe that the other 216 uses without the second UAU are scribal errors.  But, because the 216 uses of “YAHUSHA” are seen, versus the 2 uses of “YAHUSHUA”, we should make note of it, and accept both forms.

   A huge mistake to make is to think that the “vowel-pointing” of the 10^th century CE Masoretes is without flaw.  Anyone can make a blunder.  We also know they had agendas, and one is with the Name Yahuah.  Moreover, they were about 2300 years removed in

time from Mosheh, and many things they had to deal with were “best-guesses”.  We could not possibly know how William Shakespeare would pronounce certain words 400 years ago.

One spelling to examine closely is at ZecharYah 3.  The Hebrew word #3091 used in these texts is Yahusha (the KJV concordance numbers are imbedded to help with your further study):

Zec 3:1  “And he showed⁷²⁰⁰ me ⁽⁸⁵³⁾ Joshua³⁰⁹¹ the high¹⁴¹⁹ priest³⁵⁴⁸ standing⁵⁹⁷⁵ before⁶⁴⁴⁰ the angel⁴³⁹⁷ of the LORD,³⁰⁶⁸ and Satan⁷⁸⁵⁴ standing⁵⁹⁷⁵ at⁵⁹²¹ his right hand³²²⁵ to resist⁷⁸⁵³ him.”  

   Translators have obviously modified the texts with words from a wide variety of other languages between the Hebrew and English, such as the term “angel” seen above (which is not English, but Greek).  The rendering “Joshua” is not very close to the better transliteration “Yahusha” either.  But they completely obliterated the Name “Yahuah” when they substituted the letters LORD.  This is where personal research into the Truth of the Name begins.  If they will lie about the Name of the One we serve, then they will lie about anything.  For certain, we must be “over-comers” to be found doing what our Mashiach expects of us until He comes. 

And there is much to overcome.

   If anyone can find any error in this study, please contact me with the proof  -  but please accept that the Greek or Latin forms have no bearing on the authenticity of Yahusha’s original, and only true Hebrew Name. 

“And there is no deliverance in anyone else, for there is no other Name under the heaven given among men by which we need to be saved.”  Acts 4:12

“Then shall those who fear Yahuah speak to one another, and Yahuah listen and hear, and a book of remembrance be written before Him, of those who fear Yahuah and those who think upon His Name.”  Mal 3:16

Lew White

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