הושע

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
י־שׁ־ע (y-sh-ʿ)

The masculine singular imperative of הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía, “to save”). Attested too as Akkadian 𒁹𒀀𒌑𒋛𒀪 (Ausi'i).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ho.ˈʃe.a/

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Proper noun

הוֹשֵׁעַ • (hoshéa, hōšḗaʿ) m

1. a male given name, Hoshea, equivalent to English Hosea
2. Hosea (a book of the Old Testament of the Bible)
3. (biblical) Hosea (a prophet)

Descendants

• → Akkadian: 𒁹𒀀𒌑𒋛𒀪 (^ma-u₂-si-'i /⁠Ausi'i⁠/)
• → Ancient Greek: Ὡσηέ (Hōsēé), Ὠσηέ (Ōsēé)
  • Greek: Ωσηέ (Osié)
  • → Latin: Hōsēās, Ōsēās, Ōsēe (see there for further descendants)

References

• H1954 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• הושע on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he