We say Jesus Christ, but in original Hebrew, it is Yeshua Hamashiach. Jesus is a male name and the English transliteration of the Green transliteration of Iesous of the original Yeshua.

Christ, on the other hand, is not a part of the name, but a title meaning messiah. It is also the transliteration of the greek word, christos, meaning messiah. Messiah means the anointed one.

Ha in Hamashiach corresponds to "the" in English, so Yeshua Hamashiach is Yeshua the Messiah. Messianic Jews (Jews who accept Jesus as the Messiah) call him Yeshua Hamashiach, but it simply means Jesus Christ.

I have come to be comfortable calling our messiah "Yeshua" over years. In Hebrew culture, names carry profound meanings for the person's mission or specific blessings from God in his/her life.

The word Christ sounds naturally very Christian and seems only relating to the New Testament part of the Bible, but actually the word Yeshua appears already in the very first book of the Bible, Genesis.

I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

Genesis 49:18

The word "salvation" is "yeshua" in original Hebrew. Jesus is the salvation, and that had long been intended from the beginning.

The word "yeshua" appears 76 times in the Old Testament. Reading all those verses seems an interesting endeavor.You can see the list here.。