Yeshua means Yahweh is Salvation. You can then do a Word Search on BlueLetterBible and find the First Mention of 'Salvation' is found in Gen49:18 - spelled - Yod Shin Vav Ayin = Yeshua (a Noun). The Hebrew word, Yasha, spelled Yod Shin Ayin means Save, Saved, or Deliver. It's a Verb. I find it interesting that when you add the Hebrew letter 'Vav' to this word, it becomes a Noun - Yeshua. What is So Special about the Vav you might ask. Vav is the 6th Letter, and it was introduced in the 6th Word of the Torah, Gen1:1. We as Christians memorize this as a 10word sentence, but in Hebrew it's 7Words. It's the Middle or 4thWord that Hold the Key. The 6th Word is the same as the 4th, except the Vav is prefixive to it. The Paleo Hebrew Vav's pictogram was a 'Tent Peg', we would liken it to The Nail that was used on our Savior at The Cross. Grammatically speaking, the Vav bridges or connects, in Gen1:1 that would be Heaven and earth. We quote this as John 14:6 No one comes to the Father excep..t