Lexical Summary Yishay: father of David Original Word: יִשַׁיTransliteration: Yishay Phonetic Spelling: (yee-shah'-ee) Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: father of David Meaning: Jesse -- father of David Strong's Concordance Jesse By Aramaic Iyshay {ee-shah'-ee}; from the same as yesh; extant; Jishai, David's father -- Jesse. see HEBREW yesh Brown-Driver-Briggs H3448. Yishay יִשַׁי41 proper name, masculine father of David (etymology dubious; Ol§ 277 f. conjecture יָהּ יֵשׁ; We1 Samuel 14:49 ישׁי = אישׁי = אבישׁי (but see this)) — יִשַׁי 16:3 29t.; יִשָׁ֑י 16:19 10t.; ᵐ5 Ιεσσαι; (וְ)אִישַׁי 1 Chronicles 2:13; — הַלַּחְמִי בֵּיתֿ יִשַׁי jesse the Bethlehemite 1 Samuel 16:1, 18 (וגו ׳בֶּןיֿשׁי, of David), 17:58 ; ישׁי also 16:3 14t. 16:17; son of עוֺבֵד according to Ruth 4:17, 22 (twice in verse) = 1 Chronicles 2:12; בֶּןיֿשׁי דָּוִ(י)ד 2 Samuel 23:1; 1 Chronicles 10:14; 29:26; Psalm 72:20; בֶּןיֿשׁי אֱלִיאָב2 Chronicles 11:18; elsewhere בֶּןיֿשׁי alone = David, 1 Samuel 20:27, 30, 31; 22:7-8, 9, 13; 25:10; 2 Samuel 20:1; 1 Kings 12:16> = 2 Chronicles 10:16; 1 Chronicles 12:18; יִשָׁ֑י גֶּזַע Isaiah 11:1; יְשֵׁי שֹׁרֶשׁ 11:10 of Jesse as ancestor of future (Messianic) king. |
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