Pronouncing Elijah

[CandyCane007]

Would you pronounce Elijah as E-Lie-SHA or E-lie-JAH

Eee-lie-jah

E-lie-jah

E-lie-jah

I'd pronounce it ee-LIE-jah, with the stress on the middle syllable.

I've never heard it pronounced any other way.

In the Abrahamic religions, Elijah and Elisha are two different people and so these are two different names, each with its own pronunciation.

Elle - I - djuh with emphasis on the I

I'd pronounce it e - LIE - jah, but with more of a soft j rather than a hard j.

Same as Nanny

Same as Nanny

E lie zhah

el-eye-jah.

Elisha is a different name.

Jah

Somewhere between the two...El eye jah but with a soft j

With a J

As pp's have said, Elisha is a different name

Same as @nanny

Do you mean hard / soft j?
I pronounce with a soft j.

El eye jah. Gorgeous name.

Ee-LYE-Jah

With a j sound

I love Elisha as well, it's a beautiful name, but it'll be mistaken for a girls' name and nobody wants to be mistaken for a girl! How awful.

Neither. The emphasis is on the middle syllable with the same ‘j’ sound as in ‘jam’.