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Strong's #3084 - יְהוֹסֵף

Transliteration
Yᵉhôwçêph
Phonetics
yeh-ho-safe'
Origin
a fuller form of (H3130)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Masculine
TWOT
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Joseph = “Jehovah has added”

1) the eldest son of Jacob by Rachel

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 יוֺסֵף212 and יְהוֺסֵף ( Psalm 81:6 see Ges§ 53. 3, R. 7),

proper name, masculine ( he adds, increases, see יוספיה below; — on proper name, of a location in Palestine Yšap±ara (Egyptian form, = אליוסף) see Mey ZAW vi, 8 WMM Aisen u. Europa 162) —

1 elder son of Jacob and Rachel;

a. as an individual Genesis 30:24 (name explained Genesis 30:23 (E) from אָסַף = take away, but Genesis 30:24 (J) from יָסַף add) + 155t. Genesis , chiefly in narrative of J E, also poem Genesis 49:22,26 and, dependent on this, 1 Chronicles 5:1,2; P only Genesis 35:24; Genesis 37:2 a; Genesis 41:46 (twice in verse); Genesis 46:19,20,27; Genesis 47:5,7,11; Genesis 48:3; also Exodus 1:5; Exodus 1:6) (P), Exodus 1:8; Exodus 13:19; Joshua 24:32 (all E), 1 Chronicles 2:2; Psalm 105:17.

b. as founder of a tribal division׳מַטֵּה יו ( = Manasseh) Numbers 13:11; usually ׳בְּנֵייֿו Numbers 1:32 (= Ephraim), commonly = Ephraim and Manasseh Numbers 1:10; Numbers 26:28,37; Numbers 34:23; Joshua 14:4; Joshua 16:1,4; Joshua 17:14,16; Joshua 18:11, compare Joshua 24:32; 1 Chronicles 7:29, but also of east Jordan Israel (where half Manaeseh settled) Numbers 36:1 = ׳מַטֵּה בני יו, Numbers 36:5; compare חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מנשׂה בֶּןיֿוֺסֵף Numbers 32:33 #NAME? Numbers 36:12, and Joshua 17:1,2; ׳בֵּית יו (Manasseh and Ephraim) Joshua 17:17 (so originally Joshua 17:14 according to Di), Joshua 18:5; Judges 1:22,23,25 occupying the great central region of Palestine; 2 Samuel 19:21; 1 Kings 11:28; ultimately =

c. the northern kingdom Amos 5:6; Zechariah 10:6 ("" בֵּית יְהוּדָה); so יוֺסֵף alone Amos 5:15; Amos 6:6; Deuteronomy 27:12; Deuteronomy 33:13,16; Obadiah 18 ("" יעקב בית), Ezekiel 37:16,19; Ezekiel 47:13; Ezekiel 48:32; בְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב ויוסף Psalm 77:16; אֹהֶל יוֺסֵף Psalm 78:67 ("" שֵׁבֶט אֶפְרַיִם).

d. = entire nation Psalm 80:2 ("" ישׂראל); so יְהוֺסֵף Psalm 81:6 ("" id.)

2 a man of Issachar Numbers 13:7.

3 a son of Asaph 1 Chronicles 25:2,9

4 one of those who took strange wives Ezra 10:42.

5 a priest Nehemiah 12:14.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

יְהוֹסֵף i.q. יוֹסֵף (this form is Chaldaic, and the other is not to be regarded as contracted), pr. name: Joseph, Psalms 81:6 but in this place it is used poetically of the nation of Israel. See יוֹסֵף.


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List of Word Forms
בִּֽיה֘וֹסֵ֤ף ביהוסף bî·hō·w·sêp̄ biHoSef bîhōwsêp̄
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