ho.sha.yah is a personal name used for a man named as a father and for a participant among Judah’s rulers.

The attested use is a personal name: in Jeremiah it identifies the father of Jezaniah and Azariah, while in Nehemiah it names a man walking with half the rulers of Judah.

1. Personal name in family and public identification · dominant

   All three forms are tagged Noun · Proper. In Jeremiah 42:1 the APB renders “Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah,” and in Jeremiah 43:2 it renders “Azariah son of Hoshaiah”; in Nehemiah 12:32 it names Hoshaiah as walking with half the rulers of Judah.

   Jeremiah 42:1Jeremiah 43:2Nehemiah 12:32

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Hoshaiah” in each verse, twice in paternal identification and once as a participant in a procession. The verse is read as a whole, but the name’s correspondence is plain in these clauses.