From the root yasha (to save, deliver), yeshuah means salvation or deliverance — and it is the Hebrew root of the name Jesus (Yeshua). In the Old Testament, salvation is primarily about concrete deliverance: from enemies, from danger, from oppression, from death.
Old Testament salvation is not abstract — it is God showing up to act. The Exodus is the paradigmatic act of yeshuah. The name Yeshua (Jesus) literally means "YHWH saves" — connecting Christ to Israel's entire salvation history.
When the angel tells Joseph, "You shall call his name Yeshua, for he will save his people from their sins" (Matthew 1:21), the name embodies the mission. Every Old Testament cry for yeshuah finds its ultimate answer in Christ. The Greek sōtēria (G4991) carries this forward.