Yahshua

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Yahshua is one proposed transliteration of the original Hebrew or Aramaic name of Jesus commonly used by
individuals in the Sacred Name Movement. The English spelling Yahshua originates at least as early as 1950
with Angelo Traina's The New Testament of our Messiah and Saviour Yahshua. The form Yahshua is used in
some Sacred Name Bibles, including the Sacred Scriptures Bethel Edition. It cannot be found used prior to that
time, however, with that spelling.

Contents
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 1Etymology and claimed Hebrew origins

 2Evidence
o 2.1A silent 'waw'
o 2.2Yeshua or Yahshua
o 2.3Definition of Yahshua
 3Usage
 4See also
 5References
 6External links

Etymology and claimed Hebrew origins[edit]

Main article: Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament

Three spellings of "Joshua" found in the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible: (i) Yehoshua, (ii) Yehoshua, (iii) Yeshua

The Hebrew Bible uses Yehoshua (ַ‫ַ)יְהֹושֻׁ ע‬for Joshua, which means "Yah is Salvation." Christians, historians,
and linguists outside the sacred name movement for the most part reject the term Yahshua (‫ַ)יהשע‬inַfavorַ
of Yeshua (‫ַ)ישוע‬asַtheַoriginalַpronunciation.ַTalַIlan's Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late Antiquity (2002),
notes Yehoshua (‫)יהושע‬,ַandַtheַlater Aramaic form Yeshua among many names containing Yah derived
from YHWH.[1]
An additional variant, Yahshuah (Hebrew:ַ‫)יהשוה‬,ַisַfoundַin Christian Kabbalah or occult speculations.[citation
needed]
Like Yahshua, this variant is not found in the Hebrew Bible. Another variant, Yeshu, occurs in polemical
rabbinical texts, connected with Jesus in the Talmud and is the modern Israeli secular spelling of Jesus. The
spelling is not applied to other Yeshuas and Yehoshuas.[2]

Evidence[edit]
A silent 'waw'[edit]
Criticsַsayַthatַinַtheirַlaborַtoַgetַtheַpronunciationַ"Yahshua"ַoutַofַ‫יהושע‬,ַtheyַareַignoringַHebrewַ
linguistics that do not allow the waw to be silent so "Yahshua" is a questioned transliteration. However, the
Assemblies of Yahweh point out that the following:
We must recognize that pronouncing two vowels together when they are standing side by side in a word
produces a DIPTHONG

— Jacob O. Meyer, The Memorial Name Yahweh, pp. 163

The problem with that assertion is that in the above case the vowels are NOT side by side but separated by a
consonant: Yehoshuah'.
Yeshua or Yahshua[edit]
Most prefer to use the term Yeshua rather than Yahshua, using the "Ye" instead of "Yah", but the Assemblies
of Yahweh believe that was a ploy to prevent the name of Yahweh (or Yah) appearing in the Messiah's name
as follows:
The term 'Yeshua' appears (as the Kittel Theological Dictionary asserts) to date from the time when the
rabbinical authorities turned toward employing a substitution for the Tetragrammaton Yahweh and using
another name for the Almighty in their worship. In proper nouns - the names of people - the Tetragrammaton
was omitted wherever possible, or it was distorted or obliterated by the addition of the vowel points for
Adonai, the surrogate name of worship: viz - Jehovah, Yehoshua, Jehoshophat etc

— The Memorial Name Yahweh

While some advocates of the "Yahshuah" spelling have asserted that "The Theological Dictionary of the New
Testament states that the "Greek form of a list of Old Testament characters who in pre-exilic Hebrew are called
Yahshu'a and usually after the Exile Yeshu'a"ַthatַspellingַdoesַnotַappearַanywhereַinַtheַTheologicalַ
Dictionary.ַWhatַKittelַactuallyַsaysַis,ַ"TheַGreekַformַofַaַlistַofַOTַcharactersַwhoַinַpre-exilicַHebrewַ
areַcalledַַ‫[ַיְהֹושֻׁ ע‬Yehoshua']ַandַusuallyַafterַtheַExileַַ‫[ַיֵשּוע‬Yeshua'].[3]
Definition of Yahshua[edit]
The Assemblies of Yahweh believe that the definition of the Messiah's name can be found in Matthew 1:21:
"for he shall save his people from their sins". The 'he' relates to Yahweh, 'shall save' can relate to one of the
four Hebrew verbs meaning salvation, most likely (-Yahsha) and 'his people' means Israel. Here you find an
indication of the name Yahshua. Also in scriptures such as Acts 4:12 are found indications that the name of the
Messiah was Yahshua meaning "Yah(weh) is salvation".

Usage[edit]
The name "Yahshua" cannot be found with that spelling anywhere in history or in Hebrew writingsַpriorַtoַtheַ
1900s.ַTheַtranscriptionַofַHebrew-alphabetַ‫(ַיהושע‬Yehoshua)ַasַLatin-alphabetַ"Yahshua"ַisַfirstַ
documented during the early days of the Sacred Name movement in the 1930s, perhaps developed by leaders
such as Angelo B. Traina and Clarence Orvil Dodd.[4]
The Assemblies of Yahweh believe that it is an aid to salvation to use the correct pronunciation.[5]
"Yahshua" supporters, such as those of the Sacred Name movement, teach that since the Messiah will "come in
his Father's Name" (John 5:43), then he must have the name of Yahweh, or at least the abbreviated form (Yah)
in his spoken name. Another popular contraction is Yah'shua with the apostrophe ( ’ ) serving as a division to
emphasise[citation needed] the "Yah" aspect of the name and the Hebrew shua (salvation), found in the Natural
Israelite Bible, English Version.
 See also[edit]
 Names and titles of Jesus

References[edit]
1. Jump up^ Tal Ilan (2002). Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late Antiquity Part I:
Palestine 330 BCE-200 CE (Texte und Studien zum Antiken Judentum 91).
Tübingen, Germany: J.C.B. Mohr. p. 129.
2. Jump up^ Peter Schäfer Jesus in the Talmud (9780691129266)
3. Jump up^ WernerַFoerster,ַ“Ἰησοῦς,”ַed.ַGerhardַKittel,ַGeoffreyַW.ַ
Bromiley, and Gerhard Friedrich, Theological Dictionary of the New
Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1964–), 284.
4. Jump up^ Michael L. Brown 60 Questions Christians Ask About Jewish
Beliefs and Practices 2011 "According to the late A. B. Traina in his Holy
NameַBible,ַ“TheַnameַofַtheַSon,ַYahshua,ַhasַbeenַsubstitutedַbyַJesus,ַ
Iesus, and Ea-Zeusַ(HealingַZeus).”[164]ַInַthisַoneַshortַsentence,ַtwoַ
complete myths are stated as fact: First, ."
5. Jump up^ J. Gordon Melton Encyclopedia of American religions 2003 "The
association has as its goal the ascertaining of a clearer translation of the
Scriptures, especially in restoring to them the name of the Creator, Yahweh,
and of His Son, Yahshua, the Messiah. It was Traina's.. "

External links[edit]
 The Messiah's Hebrew Name: "Yeshua" or "Yahshua"? - Daniel Botkin
argues against "Yahshua" in favor of "Yeshua".
 Yahshua or Yeshua- What Is the Correct Pronunciation? - Bob Wirl, a
Sacred Name minister, argues in favor of the name "Yahshua over
Yeshua."
 What Is The Original Hebrew Name For Jesus? - Michael L. Brown about
the name of Yashua or Yeshua.
 The truth behind the name of the Father
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