"יהושע" meaning in Yiddish

See יהושע in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: yehoyshue [romanization], yeshue [romanization]
Etymology: From Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ. Etymology templates: {{der|yi|he|יְהוֹשֻׁעַ}} Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ Head templates: {{head|yi|proper noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=yehoyshue, yeshue}} יהושע • (yehoyshue, yeshue) m, {{yi-proper noun|g=m|tr=yehoyshue, yeshue}} יהושע • (yehoyshue, yeshue) m
  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Joshua
    Sense id: en-יהושע-yi-name-h1wV-IrN Categories (other): Yiddish given names, Yiddish male given names, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 22 13 15 22 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 31 8 11 31 8 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 34 39 27
  2. (biblical) Joshua (the son of Nun, Judge of Israel following Moses; author of the Book of Joshua; Quranic figure)
    Sense id: en-יהושע-yi-name-nxQVrarv Categories (other): Biblical characters, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 22 13 15 22 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 31 8 11 31 8 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 35 46 18 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 34 39 27 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
  3. Joshua (the sixth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh)
    Sense id: en-יהושע-yi-name-E~L3as30 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Books of the Bible Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 22 13 15 22 13 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 34 39 27 Disambiguation of Books of the Bible: 7 14 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: יאָשקע (yoshke)
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