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[Opinions] Iessai
by peregrine
12/14/2023, 7:43 AM
What do you think of the name Iessai? It’s the biblical Greek version of Jesse, and I came across it on here a few weeks ago. How would you instinctively pronounce it if you came across it? And does anyone know the correct pronunciation?
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- ari.
12/14/2023, 2:56 PM
I'm pretty sure it's ee-ess-EYE.
- cassilda in carcosa
12/14/2023, 12:18 PM
Eye-eh-sie? Ee-eh-sie?
I don't like it. Jesse has a certain charm to me, I've actually never come across a British Jesse and it feels very American to me, in a very specific way.
- cassilda in carcosa
12/14/2023, 12:18 PM
Eye-eh-sie? Ee-eh-sie?
I don't like it. Jesse has a certain charm to me, I've actually never come across a British Jesse and it feels very American to me, in a very specific way.
- Kerilyntaryn21
12/14/2023, 11:59 AM
YES sye, don't really like it, Jesse is nice
- Wordsmith
12/14/2023, 8:44 AM
It's certainly more interesting than Jesse! I'd reflexively say "YEH-sye" (the second syllable rhyming with dye, fry, etc.).

This message was edited 12/14/2023, 8:45 AM

- RoxStar
12/14/2023, 8:38 AM
I think it's best left in Biblical Greek times. It looks like a bad Scrabble hand. I'm not sure how I'd instinctively say it; probably eye-ess-eye.
- Rosebeth (Rosanne)
12/14/2023, 8:28 AM
I'd pronounce it yes-SEYE. It's alright, but I prefer the Hebrew Yishai.