ישי

Hebrew

Etymology

At least two hypotheses exist, none are explicitly mentioned in the Bible:

From י‎ (yi, “one of the letters of the Tetragrammaton – a theonym for God”) +‎ שַׁי‎ (sháy, “gift, present”), thus "God's gift".
From יֵשׁ‎ (yésh, “there is, there exist(s)”) +‎ י‎ (“one of the letters of the Tetragrammaton – a theonym for God”), thus "God exists".

Proper noun

יִשַׁי • (yishái) m

(biblical) Jesse, the father of King David
A male given name, Ishai, Yishai or Yishay, equivalent to English Jesse.

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