JESUS the GOOD SHEPHERD’S Name in Hebrew? | Let’s Talk Hebrew
To say “THE GOOD SHEPHERD” in Hebrew, we say “HA ROEH HA TOV” (“HaRo-EH HaTOV”).
It’s a title. But that’s not what this is about today. We’re going much deeper to a little-known secret—you haven’t heard before—revealed in the Hebrew language. Outside of our books, this is the first time this information is being published online in such a way.
Read John chapter 10 with this knew knowledge, and you’ll be astounded at how awesome our GOD is!
Most believers know the MESSIAH by the Name “JESUS,” but it’s not actually HIS Name—it’s more like a Greek-Latin hybrid word—and believe it or not, it has no recognized meaning. (It’s your choice if you want to use the Name JESUS, but at least take this opportunity to learn something new!) On the other hand, HIS Hebrew Name literally means “YAH/GOD saves.”
But that’s not the secret and we’re not talking about “Y’shua” an Aramaic nickname but HIS full and original Name, “YAHUSHUA,” which not only means “YAH/GOD saves” but is the prefect Name for the GOOD SHEPHERD.
Why? Shepherds save sheep and that’s obvious. Right?
But there’s more to this.
The Name “YAHU-SHUA” describes, in Hebrew, HIS role as the ONE & ONLY GOOD SHEPHERD and tells the on-going story of HIS relationship to us, YAH’S sheep. It also shows HE is GOD while at the same time, sent by GOD the FATHER (John 1:1; 10).
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Praise YAH that the GOOD SHEPHERD was willing to lay down HIS life for our salvation and no wonder satan ABSOLUTELY HATES this NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES!
Want to learn a lil bit of Hebrew too?
Skip to the gold-lined boxes below from just one of many AmightyWind book excerpts. Here’s from Prophet Elisabeth Elijah’s book Secrets of the HOLY SPIRIT (RUACH HA KODESH) 2nd Edition:
The SON’S Name was
to Mean “YAHUVEH SAVES”!
When Mary (Miriam in Hebrew) was pregnant with the SON OF GOD, Joseph was told to give her offspring a Name that meant “HE [YAHUVEH] shall save HIS People” (Matthew 1:21). The English name JESUS does not fulfill this verse as it has no meaning in any language, being a Greek-Latin hybrid.
However, this verse describes precisely what YAHUSHUA means. YAHUSHUA is Strong’s Concordance number H3091—defined as coming from H3068, YAHUVEH, and from H3467, yasha, which means “he saves, delivers, rescues” etc. Together as YAHUSHUA, this means YAHUVEH saves.1
YAHUVEH’S Saving Cry & Wealth
An alternative derivation of the second half of YAHUSHUA’S Name (compare to Bat-shua, H1340) is the related word shua. It has a double meaning.
It can be defined (H7768-9, H7773) as “to be free,” “to cry out for help,” or a “saving, delivering, rescuing cry.” In other words, call on the Name of the LORD YAHUVEH—through “YAHUSHUA,” the saving-cry, for Salvation, Healing, Deliverance, Victory and Vindication!
And on the other hand, shua (H7770-1) also carries the meaning of wealth, riches and splendor or freedom, liberty and generosity—even opulence—for in YAHU-SHUA is found all the treasure and abundance of Heaven (Eph 1:7; 3:16, 14-27; Col 2:2-3; Phil 4:19; Rom 2:4; 9:23; Col 1:27).2 Only through HIM do we experience true freedom! ALL we need, or could ever want, is in HIM alone to the GLORY of YAHUVEH, YAHUSHUA & RUACH HA KODESH!
The NAME of the GOOD SHEPHERD!
Both shua & yasha are child root words from the same family of Hebrew words describing shepherding—look at the letters in the Hebrew script and the similarity between them and their parent root: shin-ayin, two Hebrew letters.
Together, what do the shin-ayin represent?
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The names of each letter are also words: shin literally means “teeth,” and ayin, “eye.” Each has a simplistic, symbolic meaning. During the time of the patriarchs, who lived a nomadic lifestyle (think of Abraham), the letters in this word, would have been understood as ayin, watching over the sheep and watching out for beasts, and as shin, destroying the enemies in defense of the sheep. |
The Hebrew Letter Shin, “teeth”
The Hebrew Letter Ayin, “eye”
This family of words describes the relationship of a shepherd and his sheep. Note the similarities in the spelling of the words in Hebrew script:
Moshia means he saves.3 Gatekeeper 5
POEM ON THE GOOD SHEPHERD
So YAHUSHUA’S NAME even testifies:
HE is the GOOD SHEPHERD of YAH’S Sheep;
HE WHO WATCHES OVER ISRAEL neither slumbers not sleeps (Ps 121:4)
for HE is the GATEKEEPER OF THE PEN!
HE is the LIVING ONE, WHO was dead, and rose again.
Now alive forevermore, HE is the ONLY TRUE DOOR!5
Over death and hades, HE holds the keys (Rev 1:18).
HE holds the RESURRECTION POWER (Mt 27:52) that frees!
What does YAHUVEH have to say about the Name YAHUSHUA today? Check out these pages on the Sacred Names, or why we need to use it in the Great Tribulation, and Biblical proof to back it up.
1The KJV Bible also translates #H3467 (yasha and its forms) as save, savior, deliver, help, preserved, salvation, avenging, avenged, defend, rescue, safe and victory for YAHUSHUA not only saves our souls, but also gives us Victory over the devil and rescues us in our daily lives. There are actually several layers of meaning.
3He saved, yasha’, he saves, moshia’; & he will save, yoshia’. The present tense, “HE saves” is the same as the word for SAVIOR, MOSHIA‘, similar in sound to MASHIACH, MESSIAH.
4See Strong #’s H 3444, 3467-68, 4935-38, 4190, 7768-7775, 7778, 8086, 8159-60, 8191, 8179-80, 8651-52, 8668, 8671-73. Not all of these have retained their meaning in Modern Hebrew. For more on Ancient Hebrew child & parent root families, see The Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of the Bible (Jeff Benner).
5 Jn 10. At night sheep are kept in a pen and in Ancient Israel, the Shepherd would often sleep with the sheep, literally in the place of the gate, to protect the sheep from wild beasts and thieves.
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