Yeshua

Yeshua — ישוע — is the Aramaic-inflected form of the Hebrew Yehoshua, meaning the Lord is salvation, and it is the name Jesus of Nazareth was actually called in first-century Galilee. From Yeshua came the Greek Iesous, the Latin Iesus, and every subsequent European translation. Borne by several figures in the Hebrew Bible including Joshua, the successor of Moses, the name has been reclaimed in modern Messianic Jewish communities and among Hebrew-speaking Christians. Two syllables, a breathy opening and a soft close. Yeshua carries the entire weight of the name Jesus, stripped back to its original sound — ancient, reverent, and startlingly close.