The Palatal Approximant in the Name " Jesus "

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A few claims I encountered online in a chatroom, seems to be confusion surrounding the topic-


Claim: There was no letter " J ", the name " Jesus " was made up, etc

Claim: Hebrew doesn't have a " J " therefore blah blah


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Negation of claim:

The voiced palatal approximant, or yod, is a type of consonant used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨j⟩. The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is j, and in the Americanist phonetic notation it is ⟨y⟩. Because the English name of the letter J, jay, starts with [d͡ʒ] (voiced palato-alveolar affricate), the approximant is sometimes instead called yod (jod), as in the phonological history terms yod-dropping and yod-coalescence


What is the " J " sound in Hebrew ?

In both Biblical and modern Hebrew, Yod represents a palatal approximant ([j])

( cf vowel points )






Yeshua / Joshua / Jehovah / Jesus / Iesous