1. Jesse (father of King David) — The proper name Yishai (יִשַׁי), the Bethlehemite father of David and grandson of Ruth and Boaz. All 42 occurrences across both clusters refer to the same individual, appearing extensively in 1 Samuel 16-22, Ruth 4:17,22, 1 Chronicles 2:12-13, Isaiah 11:1,10 (the root/stump of Jesse), and other passages. English renders as Jesse/Yishai; Spanish Isaí/Yishai; Hindi यिशै (Yishai); Arabic يَسَّى (Yassa); Korean 이새 (Isae); Swahili Yese/Yishai. The second cluster (1x) is simply the prepositional form 'of Jesse' (le-Yishai), representing the same person with a grammatical prefix rather than a distinct sense. 42×
AR["لِـ-يَسَّى","يَسَّى"]·ben["যিশয়","যিশয়কে","যিশয়ের"]·DE["Isai"]·EN["Jesse","Yishai"]·FR["Isaï"]·heb["ישי","ל-ישי"]·HI["यिशै","यिशै-क","यिशै-के","यिशै-को","यिशै-ने"]·ID["Isai"]·IT["Isai"]·jav["Isai"]·KO["이새","이새가","이새를","이새를-","이새의"]·PT["Yishai","Yishay","a-Yishai"]·RU["Ишай","Ишаю","Ишая","Йишая"]·ES["Yishai","a-Yishai"]·SW["Yese","Yishai"]·TR["Yişay","Yişay'ın","Yişay-ye","Yişay-yi","Yişay-ın"]·urd["یسّی","یسّی-نے","یسّی-کا","یسّی-کو","یسّی-کے","یسی","یسی-کا"]
Ruth 4:17, Ruth 4:22, Ruth 4:22, 1 Sam 16:1, 1 Sam 16:3, 1 Sam 16:5, 1 Sam 16:8, 1 Sam 16:9, 1 Sam 16:10, 1 Sam 16:10, 1 Sam 16:11, 1 Sam 16:11 (+30 more)
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יִשַׁי41 n.pr.m. father of David (etym. dub.; Ol§ 277 f. conj. יֵשׁ יָהּ; We 1 S 14:49 ישׁי = אישׁי = אבישׁי (but see this))—יִשַׁי 1 S 16:3 + 29 times; יִשָׁ֑י v 19 + 10 times; 𝔊 Ιεσσαι; (וְ)אִישַׁי 1 Ch 2:13;—+ יִשַׁי בֵּית־הַלַּחְמִי Jesse the Bethlehemite 1 S 16:1, 18 (בֶּן־ישׁי וגו׳, of David), 17:58†; ישׁי also 16:3 + 14 times 1 S 16, 17; †son of עוֹבֵד according to Ru 4:17, 22(×2) = 1 Ch…