Save Gender Masculine Usage Biblical Scripts יוֹשִׁבְיָה(Ancient Hebrew) Other Forms FormsYoshibyah (Hebrew) Meaning & History From the Hebrew name Yoshibyah meaning "Yahweh Lets Sit, Yahweh Causes to Peacefully Dwell" derived from יָשַׁב (yashab) "to sit, dwell" and יָהּ (yah) a shortened form of Yahweh, the name of God.