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Names in Hebrew aren’t the descriptor of a person that can be phonetically, linguistically or culturally repurposed. They are the Identity, the Function, the Purpose….they are The Person. The functionality of the name is in the literal audible syllables of it. The actual sound. They cannot be translated, transliterated or be remotely synonymous to any other phonetical, linguistical, cultural substitutions, and remain in covenantal fidelity. Names are meant to be repeated with your mouth, not written down and changed to appease your demographic, culture, or your skin color…. To whom it may concern.
Example:
Mattityahu (Mat-teet-yah-hoo) to Matthaios to Matthew.
Honest Fidelity where transliteration occurs without covenantal consequence,
Yehoshua to Iēsous (ee-ay-soos) to Jesus.
To distort that name is to distort the covenant. To rename the Redeemer is to reframe the redemption. This is not merely linguistic drift; it is strategic sabotage.
Trifecta of Yehoshua’s Identity:
I. Law of First Mention — Yehoshua Named by Moses
– Textual Anchor: Numbers 13:16
“But Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Yehoshua.”
– Pivot: This is the first recorded use of the name Yehoshua (יְהוֹשֻׁעַ) in Scripture.
– Dimensional Consequence: Establishes Yehoshua as a covenantal deliverer, successor to Moses, and prototype of the Messiah. The name shift from Hoshea (“salvation”) to Yehoshua (“YHWH is salvation”) marks the legal and prophetic upgrade.
II. Septuagint Transliteration — Yehoshua Rendered as Iēsous
– Textual Anchor: Numbers 13:16 (LXX)
καὶ ἐπωνόμασεν Μωυσῆς τὸν Αὐσὴ υἱὸν Ναυὴ Ἰησοῦν
– Pivot: This is the first of 219 times the name Yehoshua is transliterated into Iēsous (Ἰησοῦς) in the Septuagint. 250 years before the birth of the Messiah
– Dimensional Consequence: This transliteration becomes the linguistic bridge to the New Testament name Jesus. However, the covenantal identity remains rooted in Yehoshua, not the later phonetic forms.
III. Messianic Fulfillment — Yehoshua as the Blood Transfusion Cure
– Textual Anchor: Matthew 1:21
“You shall call His name Iēsous, for He will save His people from their sins.”
– Pivot: The name Iēsous is applied to the Messiah, fulfilling the typology of the original Yehoshua.
– Dimensional Consequence: The Messiah embodies the role of covenantal deliverer—not merely in geography (Promised Land) but in ontology (infection removal). His blood is the surgical cure for inherited corruption.
Iēsous is to Yehoshua what “$” is to “dollar.”
It was never meant to replace the sound—only to represent it.
The Greek Iēsous (Ἰησοῦς) was a linguistic symbol for the audible name Yehoshua, not a new pronunciation.
Hellenistic Jews, the deciples and people of Yehoshua’s time understood this instinctively. It was obvious to them: the symbol pointed back to the original name, not away from it.
