Hosanna

John 12:13   Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed [is] the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.

From two Hebrew words:

נָא

I (we) pray, now, please (H4994)

יָשַׁע

1) to save, be saved, be delivered

a) (Niphal)

1) to be liberated, be saved, be delivered

2) to be saved (in battle), be victorious

b) (Hiphil)

1) to save, deliver

2) to save from moral troubles

3) to give victory to

 

How appropriate!

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