Lexical Summary
Yashub or Yashib: Yashub or Yashib
Original Word:יָשׁוּב
Part of Speech:Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration:Yashuwb
Pronunciation:yah-SHOOV or yah-SHEEB
Phonetic Spelling:(yaw-shoob')
KJV: Jashub
NASB:Jashub
Word Origin:[fromH7725 (שׁוּב - return)]
1. he will return
2. Jashub, the name of two Israelites
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Jashub
Or Yashiyb {yaw-sheeb'}; fromshuwb; he will return; Jashub, the name of two Israelites -- Jashub.
see HEBREWshuwb
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
shubDefinition"He will return," two Isr.
NASB TranslationJashub (3).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
see below .
see
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Numbers 26:24 (P)1 Chronicles 7:1 Qr (Kt ).
Ezra 10:29. —Isaiah 7:3 see .
Topical Lexicon
Meaning and Thematic ResonanceYāshûb means “he returns,” derived from the verb shûb, “to turn back, return, repent.” The very sound of the name invites reflection on God’s call to repentance and restoration, themes that span the entire canon from Genesis to Revelation.
Occurrences in Scripture
1.Numbers 26:24 records the clan descendants during Israel’s wilderness census: “from Jashub, the clan of the Jashubites.”
2.1 Chronicles 7:1 revisits the patriarchal genealogy: “The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all.”
3.Ezra 10:29 names a post-exilic priest: “and of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremiah.”
Thus Yashub appears both in early tribal lineage and in the restoration era, bracketing Israel’s history from Egypt to post-exile reform.
Yashub Son of Issachar
The inclusion of Yashub among Issachar’s four sons (Genesis 46:13;Numbers 26:24;1 Chronicles 7:1) establishes him as an ancestral head of a clan that camped under Issachar’s banner east of the tabernacle (Numbers 2:5). Issachar’s tribe, noted for “men who understood the times” (1 Chronicles 12:32), would have preserved Yashub’s name as a reminder that discerning the times requires a heart ready to return to the Lord.
Tribal and Genealogical Emphasis
In the wilderness census each name represented a family tasked with carrying forward covenant promises. By the second census (Numbers 26) the Jashubites numbered 43,300 fighting men, underscoring God’s faithfulness despite forty years of desert discipline. The genealogical repetition in1 Chronicles 7 reconnects post-exilic readers with their patriarchal roots, inviting renewed allegiance to the covenant.
Yashub in Post-exile Repentance
Ezra 10 lists Yashub among priests who had taken foreign wives. Confronted by Ezra’s call to covenant fidelity, these men separated from unlawful marriages: “So all the men took an oath to do this” (Ezra 10:5). In that context the name “he returns” becomes emblematic—Yashub embodies the very repentance Israel needed to display if she would experience restoration in the land.
Prophetic and Redemptive Connections
1. The root shûb saturates prophetic calls: “Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you” (Zechariah 1:3).
2. Yashub’s place in the tribal and priestly lines prefigures the ultimate return in the gospel, where the Father’s heart is toward prodigals (Luke 15:11-24).
3. Isaiah’s son Shear-jashub (“a remnant shall return,”Isaiah 7:3) echoes the same stem, pointing to God’s preservation of a remnant culminating in Messiah.
Lessons for Faith and Ministry
• Names matter: they memorialize God’s acts and expectations for His people.
• Heritage and holiness must converge; genealogy without obedience invites judgment.
• Corporate and personal repentance remains the pathway to renewal.
• Leaders, especially priests like the post-exilic Yashub, bear a heightened responsibility to model covenant fidelity.
The scattered mentions of Yashub form a literary thread binding Genesis promise, wilderness discipline, chronicled heritage, and post-exilic reform—all urging God’s people in every age to “return to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls” (1 Peter 2:25).
Forms and Transliterations
יָשׁ֖וּב יָשׁ֥וּב ישוב לְיָשׁ֕וּב לישוב lə·yā·šūḇ leyaShuv ləyāšūḇ yā·šūḇ yaShuv yāšūḇ
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