Albert Barnes Commentary Numbers 13:16

"These are the names of the men that Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua." — Numbers 13:16 (ASV)

Oshea, Hoshea, or Hosea, the name also of the last king of Israel and the first minor prophet, means “deliverance” and by the hand of him who bore the title of “God’s salvation.” Jehoshua was contracted into Jeshua.