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Hoshaiah ('Yah has saved'; personal name)
A theophoric name meaning 'Yahweh has saved.' It identifies a prince of Judah in Nehemiah's dedication ceremony (Neh 12:32) and the father of Jezaniah, a military leader in Jeremiah's time (Jer 42:1; 43:2). The name reflects the theology of deliverance embedded in Hebrew onomastics. Translations preserve the name (Spanish Hosaías, Osaías), honoring its function as a personal identifier rather than translating its etymological meaning.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Appears as a personal name in both narrative (Jer 42:1; 43:2) and liturgical (Neh 12:32) contexts. The cross-lingual glosses uniformly transliterate the name. Its theological meaning ('Yah has saved') remains implicit, activating the broader pattern of salvific hope in Israelite naming practices. 3×
AR["هوشَعيا", "هُوشَعْيَا"]·ben["হোশয়িয়", "হোশায়িয়ের"]·DE["[הושעיה]"]·EN["Hoshayah"]·FR["[הושעיה]"]·heb["הושעיה"]·HI["होशायाह", "होशैयाह"]·ID["Hosaya"]·IT["[הושעיה]"]·jav["Hosaya"]·KO["호사야와", "호샤야의"]·PT["Hoshayah"]·RU["Хошайи", "Хошайя"]·ES["Hosaías", "Osaías"]·SW["Hoshaya"]·TR["Hoşaya", "Hoşaya'nın"]·urd["ہوسعیاہ-کا", "ہوسعیاہ-کے", "ہوشعیاہ"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† הוֹשַׁעֲיָה n.pr.m. (Yah has saved)— 1. a prince of Judah Ne 12:32, 𝔊 Ωσαια. 2. father of Azariah or Jezaniah, a chief in time of Jeremiah Je 42:1; 43:2 𝔊 Μαασ(σ)αιος, etc.