יצחק

Hebrew

Root
צ־ח־ק (ts-kh-q)

Alternative forms

• יִשְׂחָק (yiskhák, yiśḥāq)

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jit͡sˈχak/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jit͡s.xɔk/, [ˈjit͡s.xɔk]
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jisˈħak/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jisˤˈħɔq/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): [jisˤˈħɔːq]

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Etymology

Grammatically, the name (as many other Hebrew names, see e.g. Jacob, Jonah) is the third person singular imperfect of the verb צחק (“to laugh”).

Proper noun

יִצְחָק • (yitskhák, yiṣḥāq) m

1. (biblical) Isaac (the son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent)
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Isaac

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Ἰσαάκ (Isaák)
  • Greek: Ισαάκ (Isaák)
  • Latin: Isaāc, Isaacus
    • → Old Irish: Isaác
      • Irish: Íosác
• → Yiddish: יצחק (yitskhok)

References

• H3327 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Verb

יִצְחַק • (yitskhák)

1. Third-person masculine singular future (prefix conjugation) of צָחַק (tsakhák), to laugh.

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• איציק (itsik)

Etymology

From Hebrew יִצְחָק (yitskhák).

Proper noun

יצחק • (yitskhok) m

1. (biblical) Isaac (the son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent)
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Isaac