Yishai (name)
Yishai (Hebrew: יִשַׁי, Modern: Yišay, Tiberian: Yīšáy) is a Hebrew given name and surname. It is the origin of the English given name Jesse, and is the original Hebrew name of Jesse father of David.[1] Variant spellings include Yishay, Ishay, Yshai, and Yeshay.[2] There is also a derived patronymic surname Ben-Yishai.[3]
Given name
- Isai Scheinberg (born c. 1946), Israeli online gambling entrepreneur
- Yishai Beer (born 1956), Israeli Defense Forces general
- Yishay Yafeh (born 1962), Israeli economist
- Yishai Levi (born 1963), Israeli musician
- Yishai Sarid (born 1965), Israel writer and lawyer
- Yishay Garbasz (born 1970), Israeli artist
- Yishai Fleisher (born 1970s), Israeli settler in Hebron
- Ishai Golan (born 1973), Israel actor
- Yishai Schlissel (born 1975), Israeli man convicted for murder
- Ishay Berger (born 1978), Israeli musician
- Yishai Romanoff (born 1986), American musician
- Ishay Ribo (born 1989), Israeli singer-songwriter
- Yshai Oliel (born 2000), Israeli tennis player
- Ishai Setton (fl. 2002–present), American film director
Surname
- Ron Ben-Yishai (born 1943), Israeli journalist
- Orit Ishay (born 1961), Israeli artist
- Eli Yishai (born 1962), Israeli politician
- Ran Ichay (born 1970), Israeli diplomat
- Jeffrey Yishai (born 1975), Israeli footballer
- Shefi Yishai (fl. 1986–present), Israeli composer
- Talia Ishai (born 1994), Israeli musician
- Stephanie Ben-Ishai (fl. 2003–present), Canadian law professor
References
- Guggenheimer, Heinrich Walter; Guggenheimer, Eva H. (1992). Jewish Family Names and Their Origins. New York: KTAV Publishing House. p. 358. ISBN 0881252972. Retrieved 30 August 2020. The name of the biblical Jesse is also renderered as אישי in 1 Chronicles 2:13. See
Jastrow, Morris Jr. (1901–1906). "Asarelah or Asharelah". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. - Guggenheimer & Guggenheimer 1992, p. 358, 847
- Guggenheimer & Guggenheimer 1992, p. 92
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