Biblical Language

self ^ | August 1, 2020 | knar4f

[knarf]

No dictionary carries the word/name "Isaias"

The Bible is the ONLY source (I can find) that has the name and it is in reference to Isaiah, which is pronounced;

eye - say - a

So Isaias has always been pronounced from the pulpit as EYE - SAY - A

Fox has blatantly become part and parcel with the spreading of ISLAM ...

The only entity that pronounces a simple and common Biblical name as ee si ee ass.

[avital2]

i thought this was the Spanish spelling.

[Psalm 73]

"Some" cultures assign "made up" names to children.
Surely you have seen names like: "Devina", "Indigo" and "linoleum"?

[Fai Mao]

Every person I’ve met from the UK, Australia, NZ pronounces the name Eh-Zie-ah.

None of them are Muslim.

Just saying

[trebb]

I thought the current hurricane was named Isaias...

[knarf]

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[knarf]

Psalm 73 argues against the Biblical name and pronunciation ?

[avital2]

Isaiah is an ancient Hebrew name -יְשַׁעְיָהוּ the correct pronunciation of Isaiah is: Yesha-yahu. how we say it here is anglicization. current name of hurricane is Spanish rendering.

[knarf]

Yes, you're correct, and it is MY belief 99% of Americans, when they SEE that word, subconsciously says EYE SAY AH ... or stumbles because they are not bible/church people (who are VERY familiar with the printed word AND the pronunciation of; EYE SAY AH.

The added "S" on the word occurs once (that I can remember" in the KJV NT ,,, but I can't remember where, nor will my search engine take ne there

[Psalm 73]

"Psalm 73 argues against the Biblical name and pronunciation?"

Psalm 73 knows when to "lighten up, Francis"....

; )

[Trot]

The NT spelling is Esaias, found in 21 vv, beginning in Mt 3.3.

[imardmd1]

If you really want to pronounce the name correctly, you should use a reference work in your language to find out how it was pronounced in the prophet's language, which was Biblical Hebrew. Some resource works give us the original sounds as indicated using the English alphabet, as well as the Anglicized spellings (depending on the translator).

When the name is put into biblical Greek, that alphabet and its sounds will render it differently. Then when that Greek spelling is Anglicized, yet another form and alphabetized sound will appear, as for instance in the King James translation.

The references cited below are as follows:

(1) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible;

(2) Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon and

(3) Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament;

as given in Rick Meyers' "e-Sword" Bible software application.

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As found in the Old Testament, the name that takes the form "Isaiah" when Anglicized:

Strong's Number H3470

ישׁעיהוּ ישׁעיה
yesha‛yâh yesha‛yâhû
yesh-ah-yaw', yesh-ah-yaw'-hoo

Strong's Definition
From H3467 and H3050; Jah has saved; Jeshajah, the name of seven Israelites: - Isaiah, Jesaiah, Jeshaiah.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Definition

Isaiah or Jesaiah or Jeshaiah = "Jehovah has saved"

1) the major prophet, son of Amoz, who prophesied concerning Judah and Jerusalem during the days of kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah; author of the prophetic book by his name; tradition has it that he was sawn asunder in the trunk of a carob tree by king Manasseh and that this is the incident referred to in Heb_11:37
2) son of Hananiah, brother of Pelatiah, and grandson of Zerubbabel
3) a Benjamite
4) one of the 6 sons of Jeduthun
5) son of Rehabiah, a descendant of Moses through Gershom, and an ancestor of a Levite treasurer in the time of David
6) son of Athaliah and chief of the house of Elam who returned with Ezra 7) a chief of the descendants of Merari who returned with Ezra

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

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When referred to in the New Testament and Hellenized in the Koine Greek texts by the various writers, you will find that the name has different endings there depending on the inflection that reflects its grammatical use.

But when it is changed yet once more when translated into English, the translator(s) will probably have carried the nominative ending Greek alphabet sigma as the English letter "s". You have incorrectly attributed the appearance of "s" when the name is Anglicized. Here is how "Isaiah" or its equivalent "Esaias" is defined in the New Testament (exemplified in John 1:23 KJV):

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Strong's Number G2268

Ἡσαΐ́ας
Hēsaias
hay-sah-ee'-as

Strong's Definition
Of Hebrew origin [H3470]; Hesaias (that is, Jeshajah), an Israelite: - Esaias.
Thayer's Definition
Isaiah = "Jehovah’s help"

1) a famous Hebrew prophet who prophesied in the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: of Hebrew origin H3470

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So you see, my FRiend, you might want to do a little more research or check your opinion out with someone more familiar with both Bible and modern languages before initiating an article which displays your total ignorance of Bible linguistics.

[Tennessee Nana]

Thanks...

They claimed that the name is pronounced that way in Spanish but as you say the original way to pronounce the HEBREW name spelt that way in the Bible is EYE...

There was a time a lot of Moslems lived in Spain...and influenced much of ‘the culture’

[knarf]

I might .... but every pastor I’ve sat under in the last 39 years has pronounced EYE SAY AH

[Tennessee Nana]

People from NZ pronounce the name EYE SAY AS

Ive never heard it pronounced EE or anything else...

[knarf]

ISAIAH

ISAIAH

ISAIAH

ISAIAH

[arthurus]

Actually the Bible was written and the words pronounced originally in other languages, Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek. All spellings and implied pronunciations in the ENGLISH versions of the bible are approximations and alterations to compensate for sounds that are not part of English. There are still people, though, who think the language of the KJV is the language spoken by the ancient Israelites. Even in the various English versions we have Elijah and Elias and Elia. They are the same guy.

[trebb]

When I want to do searches, I use Biblegateway.com - just ran “Isaias” through about a half dozen versions and came up empty.

[knarf]

I find MY searches are limited as well

[imardmd1]

As I suggested, these are all alike, pronouncing "Isaiah" in mosern American English. The son of Amoz thonking in 600 B. C. Hebrew would not have known who you were talking to, would he?

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