The meaning of “הוֹשֵׁעַ”

“These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.”

“And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.”

“In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.”

“Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:”

“Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,”