Yishai () is a Hebrew given name and surname. It is the origin of the English given name

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, and is the original Hebrew name of

father of

David David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Dam ...

. Variant spellings include Yishay, Ishay, Yshai, and Yeshay. There is also a derived

patronymic surname A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based o ...

Ben-Yishai.

Given name

Isai Scheinberg Isai Scheinberg (; born 1946 or 1947) is the Lithuanian Jewish founder of the PokerStars online poker site. Scheinberg previously had been a senior programmer for IBM Canada. Biography In about 1986, Scheinberg left Israel, and moved to Toront ...

(born ), Israeli online gambling entrepreneur *

Ishay Hadas Ishay Hadas (; born: October 19, 1955) is an Israeli television producer, voice-over actor, social and political activist, and a founding member of the "Hoze Hadash" (New Deal) movement, better known as "Crime Minister". Hadas is an outspoken and ...

(born 1955), Israeli television producer *

Yishai Beer Aluf Yishai Beer (; born 1956) is a former general in the Israel Defense Forces, head of a reserve call-up, and former president of the Israeli Military Court of Appeals. Biography He was drafted into the IDF in 1974 and joined the Paratroo ...

(born 1956), Israeli Defense Forces general * Yishay Yafeh (born 1962), Israeli economist *

Yishai Levi Yishay Levi, also translated as Ishay Levi (; born January 20, 1963, in Rosh HaAyin, Israel) is an Israeli singer, specializing in Mizrahi music. Biography Levi was born into a family of Yemenite Jews. He began singing in clubs in Israel in 1983 ...

(born 1963), Israeli musician *

Yishai Sarid Yishai Sarid (; born 1965) is an Israeli author, novelist and lawyer. Biography Yishai Sarid was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel. He is the son of senior politician and journalist Yossi Sarid. Between 1974-1977 he lived with his family in the ...

(born 1965), Israel writer and lawyer *

Yishay Garbasz Yishay Garbasz (; born 1970, Israel) is an interdisciplinary artist who works in the fields of photography, performance and installation. Her main field of interest is trauma and the inheritance of post-traumatic memory. She also works on issues o ...

(born 1970), Israeli artist *

Yishai Fleisher Yishai Fleisher (; born 1976) serves as the international spokesperson for the Jewish Community of Hebron. He is a podcast host, pro-Israel advocate and political advisor. Fleisher speaks English, Hebrew and Russian and has been described as "a ...

(born 1976), Israeli settler in Hebron *

Ishai Golan Ishai Golan (; born 22 November 1973) is an Israeli film and television actor. In 2010, he won the Israeli Television Academy award for Best Actor for playing Uri Zach in ''Prisoners of War'' (''Hatufim''). Early life He was born in Ramat Ga ...

(born 1973), Israel actor *

Yishai Schlissel Yishai Schlissel (also spelled Shlisel; ; born 10 December 1975) is a convicted Israeli murderer. He stabbed marchers during the Jerusalem gay pride parade in 2005, for which he served ten years in prison. On 30 July 2015, during the 2015 Jerusa ...

(born 1975), Israeli man convicted for murder *

Ishay Berger Ishay Berger (; born July 8, 1978, in Haifa, Israel) is an Israeli musician best known for his work as the lead guitarist for Israeli punk rock band Useless ID and the bassist of brutal death metal/grindcore act Whorecore. Professional caree ...

(born 1978), Israeli musician * Yishai Romanoff (born 1986), American musician *

Ishay Ribo Ishay Ribo (; born February 3, 1989) is an Israeli singer-songwriter. A Sephardic Orthodox Jew, he has gained popularity in Israel among Haredi, national-religious, and secular Jewish audiences. He has released five studio albums, two of which h ...

(born 1989), Israeli singer-songwriter *

Yshai Oliel Yshai Oliel (; born 5 January 2000) is an Israeli tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 305 achieved on 8 August 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 809 achieved on 27 June 2022. He was the No. 1 Israeli from Octob ...

(born 2000), Israeli tennis player *

Ishai Setton Ishai Setton is an American film director, editor and producer. After graduating from the Tisch School of the Arts in New York City in 2002, he has worked both in cinema and television. Career Setton made his feature-length directorial debut in ...

(), American film director

Surname

Ron Ben-Yishai Ron Ben-Yishai (; born October 26, 1943) is an Israeli journalist. A veteran war correspondent, Ben-Yishai has covered many military conflicts in several different regions. In 2018, he won the Israel Prize, Israel's most prestigious civic honor ...

(born 1943), Israeli journalist *

Galia Yishai Galia Yishai (; 17 May 1950 – 4 January 2020) was an Israeli actress of film, stage and television and singer. She began performing from the age of 16-and-a-half on the radio programme ' and acted on stage at most of Israel's repertoire theatres ...

(1950–2020), Israeli actress and singer *

Orit Ishay Orit Ishay (Hebrew: אורית ישי; born 1961) is an Israeli artist working in photography, video and installation. She is also a lecturer in photography. Ishay's art examines the interrelation between man and place and possible systems of r ...

(born 1961), Israeli artist *

Eli Yishai Eliyahu "Eli" Yishai (; born 26 December 1962) is an Israeli politician. A former leader of Shas, he represented the party in the Knesset from 1996 until 2015, also holding several ministerial posts, including being Deputy Prime Minister, Minist ...

(born 1962), Israeli politician *

(born 1965), Israeli novelist * Ran Ichay (born 1970), Israeli diplomat * Jeffrey Yishai (born 1975), Israeli footballer * Melissa Ben-Ishay (born 1984), American cupcake company executive * Shefi Yishai (born 1954), Israeli composer * Micheline Ishay (born 1962), American political theorist *

Talia Ishai Haze'evot (, translation: ''The She-Wolves'') is a rock band and independent female collective based in Israel. The band members are Yifat Balassiano, Talia Ishai, Or Zigelbaum, Hen Yair and Nofar Tom. The band operates as an independent group, ...

(born 1994), Israeli musician * Stephanie Ben-Ishai (), Canadian law professor

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