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Help[Facts] Yishay/Ishai
in reply to a message by overtheclouds
Someone left a comment for the name Jesse. It says that the name Jesse might come from Yishay or Ishai which "is commonly explained as being the initials of the phrase "Gather together tribes of Israel" (in Hebrew: "Yachad Shivtey Israel")".
http://www.behindthename.com/name/jesse/comments (it is the first comment dated 4/2/2005).
http://www.behindthename.com/name/jesse/comments (it is the first comment dated 4/2/2005).
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One more comment -- sorry I couldn't figure out how to edit the previous -- but Yishay reminds me of Yeshayahu, which is the Hebrew form of Isaiah.
http://www.behindthename.com/name/yesha02yahu
http://www.behindthename.com/name/yesha02yahu
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Interesting! I don't know about any names like this, but that is where the letters of the Hanukkah dreidel come from.
The letters are Nun, Gimel, Hay, Shin; and they stand for "Ness Gadol Hayah Sham", which means "A great miracle happened there." So it's designed to remind players of the miracle of Hanukkah.
The letters are Nun, Gimel, Hay, Shin; and they stand for "Ness Gadol Hayah Sham", which means "A great miracle happened there." So it's designed to remind players of the miracle of Hanukkah.
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Thank you both
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