# yeshua hamashiach (יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ)

pronounced: yeh-SHU-ah ha-ma-SHI-ach


**Jesus the Messiah — “Salvation, the Anointed One”**

## In Scripture

> Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
> — Matthew 1:16 (Direct identification — the Greek text names Jesus as the One called Christ; Yeshua HaMashiach is its Hebrew rendering.)

> He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is, being interpreted, Christ).
> — John 1:41 (New Testament identification — Messiah is spoken and translated as Christ when Andrew finds Yeshua.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/yeshua-hamashiach/