Jeshua

From Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ‎ (Yēšū́a, “Jesus” or “Joshua”). Cognate directly equivalent to Jesus via Latin Iēsus and Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) from nearly identical Aramaic יֵשׁוּע‎‎ (Yēšū́ʿ). Cognate to Joshua from related variant Hebrew form יְהוֹשֻׁעַ‎ (Yĕhōšúa, “Joshua”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.ʃuː.ə/ (common)
• IPA^(key): /jɛˈʃuː.ɐ/ (properly)

Jeshua

1. Alternative spelling of Yeshua (“Jesus” or “Joshua”); a traditional Biblical transliteration, now uncommon among Anglophones as pronunciation of initial Hebrew yodh can be more clearly represented by English phoneme /y/ whereas the most common modern English pronunciation of /j/ has become [d͡ʒ]. (Compare the related English names Jesus and Joshua; corruption of the original [j] sound into [d͡ʒ] has become widespread standard English pronunciation of both names.)