Meira P. answered 11/07/20
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Greek is not the original language of the Bible. Hebrew is. And you are correct when you state that you believe understanding Hebrew is the only true way to fully comprehend the Greek of the new testament.
- Regarding Jesus' name,
is most likely the name that was meant to be written down, when the stories were recorded a few decades later, as Jesus was considered in his lineage to be the child of two Jews. That would have been an honorable Hebrew name- Joshua. ישוע was not a name seen before in Jewish history. The baby had enough strikes going against him with no parentage or wealth to protect him. And if you look at it etymologically, the two really are the same name.
- I'd be interested to know where you got your translation of Yashua as "to rescue"? YeHoshua means "God is my savior." Yashua should mean something similar. Grammatically, it's not a verb.
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For your original question, If it were to say My God is Jesus, it shoud technically be written: My God, he is Jesus. That's how the grammar works, anyway. Yours, Me'ira