isaiah
/aɪˈzeɪ.ə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh.
name
A male given name from Hebrew.
Example Sentences
- "The family tree boasts an astonishing array of celebrated historical figures from the prophet Isaiah to Sir Isaiah Berlin, from Felix Mendelssohn to Karl Marx and Moses Montefiore. The list also includes Yehudi Menuhin, Helena Rubinstein, the Rothschilds and even Rosenstein himself."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἠσαΐας (Ēsaḯas) from Hebrew יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (yəšaʿyā́hū).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Ἠσαΐας, יְשַׁעְיָהוּ
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /aɪˈzeɪ.ə/
- British English: /aɪˈzaɪ.ə/