יִשַׁי₄₁ proper name, masculine father of David (etymology dubious; Ol^{§ 277 f.} conjecture יֵשׁ יָהּ; We^{1Samuel 14:49} ישׁי = אישׁי = אבישׁי (but see this)) — יִשַׁי 1 Samuel 16:3 29t.; יִשָׁ֑י 1 Samuel 16:19 10t.; ᵐ5 Ιεσσαι; (וְ)אִישַׁי 1 Chronicles 2:13; — יִשַׁי בֵּיתֿ הַלַּחְמִי jesse the Bethlehemite 1 Samuel 16:1,18 (׳בֶּןיֿשׁי וגו, of David), 1 Samuel 17:58 ; ישׁי also 1 Samuel 16:3 14t. 1 Samuel 16:17; son of עוֺבֵד according to Ruth 4:17,22 (twice in verse) = 1 Chronicles 2:12; דָּוִ(י)ד בֶּןיֿשׁי 2 Samuel 23:1; 1 Chronicles 10:14; 1 Chronicles 29:26; Psalm 72:20; אֱלִיאָב בֶּןיֿשׁי2Chronicles 11:18; elsewhere בֶּןיֿשׁי alone = David, 1 Samuel 20:27,30,31; 1 Samuel 22:7,8,9,13; 1 Samuel 25:10; 2 Samuel 20:1; 1 Kings 12:16> = 2Chron 10:16; 1 Chronicles 12:18; גֶּזַע יִשָׁ֑י Isaiah 11:1; שֹׁרֶשׁ יְשֵׁי Isaiah 11:10 of Jesse as ancestor of future (Messianic) king.