Lexical Definition

‎יוֹסֵף‎ Yôwçêph (yo-safe') Joseph ^N:N-M-P
future of ‎יָסַף‎; let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding)

Joseph. Compare ‎יְהוֹסֵף‎.

• § Joseph = "Jehovah has added"
• Joseph, the name of seven Israelites

1) the eldest son of Jacob by Rachel
2) father of Igal, who represented the tribe of Issachar among the spies
3) a son of Asaph
4) a man who took a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
5) a priest of the family of Shebaniah in the time of Nehemiah

See Greek: Ἰωσήφ

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.42

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Male • Returned divorcees • An Israelite who married a foreign woman

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Joseph was among the Israelites who had married foreign women during the time of Ezra.

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.42;
• only referred to as Joseph יוֹסֵף.

Joseph is mentioned in Ezra 10:42 as one of the Israelites who had married foreign women during the post-exilic period. After the return from Babylonian captivity, Ezra the scribe led a religious reform in Jerusalem (Ezra 7-10). It was discovered that many Israelites, including priests and Levites, had intermarried with the pagan peoples of the land, which was contrary to God's law (Ezra 9:1-2; Deuteronomy 7:3). Ezra prayed and confessed the sins of the people (Ezra 9:3-15), and the Israelites made a covenant to put away their foreign wives and children (Ezra 10:1-5). Joseph was among those listed who had taken foreign wives (Ezra 10:42).

All entries for Joseph: יוֹסֵף