Lexical Definition

‎יְהוֹסֵף‎ Yᵉhôwçêph (yeh-ho-safe') Joseph ^N:N-M-P
a fuller form of ‎יוֹסֵף‎

Joseph.

• § Joseph = "Jehovah has added"
• Jehoseph (i.e. Joseph), a son of Jacob

1) the eldest son of Jacob by Rachel

Extended Information

name of: יוֹסֵף

• A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.24
• son of: Israel (יִשְׂרָאֵל) and Rachel (רָחֵל)
• brother of: Benjamin (בִּנְיָמִין)
• half-brother of: Reuben (רְאוּבֵן), Simeon (שִׁמְעוֹן), Levi (לֵוִי), Judah (יְהוּדָה), Dan (דָּן), Naphtali (נַפְתָּלִי), Gad (גָּד), Asher (אָשֵׁר), Issachar (יִשָּׂשכָר), Zebulun (זְבוּלוּן) and Dinah (דִּינָה); married to Asenath (אָסְנַת)
• father of: Manasseh (מְנַשֶּׁה) and Ephraim (אֶפְרַיִם); also called Zaphenath-paneah at Gen.41.45
• Another name of yo.seph (‎יו‎ֹ‎ס‎ֵ‎ף‎ "Joseph" יוֹסֵף)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יוֺסֵף‎₂₁₂ and ‎יְהוֺסֵף‎ ( Ps 81:6* see Ges^{«GKC:53»§ 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 Gen 30:24 (name explained vGen 30:23 (E) from ‎אָסַף‎ = take away, but vGen 30:24 (J) from ‎יָסַף‎ add) + 155 t. Genesis, chiefly in narrative of J E, also poem Gen 49:22; Gen 49:26 and, dependent on this, 1Chr 5:1; 1Chr 5:2 P only Gen 35:24; Gen 37:2a; Gen 41:46 (twice in verse); Gen 46:19; Gen 46:20; Gen 46:27; Gen 47:5; Gen 47:7; Gen 47:11; Gen 48:3 also Exod 1:5; Exod 1:6) (P), vExod 1:8; Exod 13:19; Josh 24:32 (all E), 1Chr 2:2; Ps 105:17.
b. as founder of a tribal division ‎׳‎‎מַטֵּה יו‎ ( = Manasseh) Num 13:11 usually ‎׳‎‎בְּנֵייֿו‎ Num 1:32 (= Ephraim), commonly = Ephraim and Manasseh Num 1:10; Num 26:28; Num 26:37; Num 34:23; Josh 14:4; Josh 16:1; Josh 16:4; Josh 17:14; Josh 17:16; Josh 18:11, compare Josh 24:32; 1Chr 7:29, but also of east Jordan Israel (where half Manaeseh settled) Num 36:1 = ‎׳‎‎מַטֵּה בני יו‎, vNum 36:5 compare ‎חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מנשׂה בֶּןיֿוֺסֵף‎ Num 32:33 = compare Num 36:12, and Josh 17:1; Josh 17:2 ‎׳‎‎בֵּית יו‎ (Manasseh and Ephraim) Josh 17:17 (so originally vJosh 17:14 according to Di), Josh 18:5; Judg 1:22; Judg 1:23; Judg 1:25 occupying the great central region of Palestine; 2Sam 19:21*; 1Kgs 11:28 ultimately =
c. the northern kingdom Amos 5:6; Zech 10:6 (|| ‎בֵּית יְהוּדָה‎); so ‎יוֺסֵף‎ alone Amos 5:15; Amos 6:6; Deut 27:12; Deut 33:13; Deut 33:16; Obad 1:18 (|| ‎יעקב בית‎), Ezek 37:16; Ezek 37:19; Ezek 47:13; Ezek 48:32 ‎בְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב ויוסף‎ Ps 77:16* ‎אֹהֶל יוֺסֵף‎ Ps 78:67 (|| ‎שֵׁבֶט אֶפְרַיִם‎).
d. = entire nation Ps 80:2* (|| ‎ישׂראל‎); so ‎יְהוֺסֵף‎ Ps 81:6* (|| id.)

2. a man of Issachar Num 13:7.

3. a son of Asaph 1Chr 25:2; 1Chr 25:9

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

5. a priest Neh 12:14.

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