02-24-2013, 09:01 PM
Actually the "ye-" in Yeshua is unlikely a theophoric. In its Hebrew cognate, the theophoric is certainly there.
In Matthew, the folk etymology is that it means "he will save" making the "ye-" the 3rd person masculine prefix of the Imperfect tense, not short for "Yah."
In Matthew, the folk etymology is that it means "he will save" making the "ye-" the 3rd person masculine prefix of the Imperfect tense, not short for "Yah."