Lexical Definition

‎מְנַשֶּׁה‎ Mᵉnashsheh (men-ash-sheh') Manasseh ^N:N-M-P
from ‎נָשָׁה‎; causing to forget

Manasseh.

• § Manasseh = "causing to forget"
• Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory

1) the eldest son of Joseph and progenitor of the tribe of Manasseh
1a) the tribe descended from Manasseh
1b) the territory occupied by the tribe of Manasseh
2) son of king Hezekiah of Judah and himself king of Judah; he was the immediate and direct cause for the exile
3) a descendant of Pahath-moab who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
4) a descendant of Hashum who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

See Greek: Μανασσῆς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מְנַשֶּׁה‎₁₃₆ proper name, masculine person and tribe Manasseh (interpretation of Gen 41:51 as Pi`el causative √II. ‎נשׁה‎ q. v.); — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Gen 46:20 +; ‎מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה‎ Gen 41:51 + (on Judg 18:30 see ‎משֶׁה‎); with article (strangely), ‎׳‎‎הַמְֿ‎ Josh 1:12 + 10 t. (see below); ᵐ5 Μαν(ν)ασση; —

1.
a. Manasseh, eldest son of Joseph Gen 41:51; Gen 48:1; Gen 48:13; Gen 48:14 (twice in verse); Gen 48:17; Gen 48:20 (twice in verse), also Gen 50:23 (father of Machir; all E), Gen 46:20; Gen 48:5 (both P).
b. of tribe, often + Ephraim (see ‎אֶפְרַיִם‎): (I) the part west of Jordan: a. ‎׳‎‎בְּנֵי מ‎ Josh 16:9; Josh 17:2a (‎׳‎‎בנימֿ‎ ‎הַנּוֺתָרִים‎), vJosh 17:2 b; vJosh 17:6 vJosh 17:12 (all J E), 1Chr 7:29; 1Chr 9:3 (‎׳‎‎בְּנֵי אֶפְרַיִם וּמ‎; Josh 13:29 see below); β. ‎׳‎‎מ‎ alone, Josh 17:5; Josh 17:8 (twice in verse); Josh 17:9b; Josh 17:11; Josh 17:17; Deut 34:2 (‎׳‎‎אֶרֶץ אֶפְרַיִם וּמ‎; all J E), 2Chr 30:10 (id.), Josh 16:4; Josh 17:7; Josh 17:10 (all P), also apparently Deut 33:17 (poem), Judg 1:27; Judg 6:15; Judg 6:35; Judg 7:23; Isa 9:20* (twice in verse); Ps 80:3* + 10 t. Chronicles; γ. ‎׳‎‎מַטֵּה מ‎ 1Chr 6:55* ‎׳‎‎חֲצִי מַטֵּה מ‎ Josh 21:6; Josh 21:25; 1Chr 12:32* (van d. H v.1Chr 12:31*); ‎׳‎‎מַחֲצִית מַטֵּה חֲצִי מ‎ 1Chr 6:46* (but on text see Kit); ‎וְאֶפְרַיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎שְׁנֵי מַטּוֺת מ‎ Josh 14:4 (P); δ. ‎׳‎‎חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מ‎ 1Chr 27:20 with article ‎׳‎‎הַשֵּׁבֶט הַמְֿ‎ Josh 13:7 (D). (2) of Manasseh east of Jordan; α. ‎׳‎‎בְּנֵי מ‎ Josh 22:30; Josh 22:31 (P); β. ‎׳‎‎מ‎ alone, Judg 11:29 (distinctly of territory), Judg 12:4 (but on text see GFM), Ps 60:9* = Ps 108:9* ‎׳‎‎חֲצִי הַמ‎ 1Chr 27:21 γ. ‎׳‎‎מַטֵּה מ‎ Josh 17:1a Josh 20:8 (both P), 1Chr 6:47* ‎׳‎‎חֲצִי מַטֵּה מ‎ Josh 22:1 (D), Num 34:14; Josh 21:5; Josh 21:27 (all P), 1Chr 6:56* ‎חֲצִי מַטֵּה‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּנֵי מ‎ Josh 13:29 (P); δ. ‎׳‎‎חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מ‎ Deut 3:13 (D), Josh 13:29; Josh 22:13; Josh 22:15 (all P), 1Chr 15:18; 1Chr 15:23; 1Chr 15:26; 1Chr 12:38* (van d. H v.1Chr 12:37*); ‎בֶּןיֿוֺסֵף‎ ‎׳‎‎חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מ‎ Num 32:33 (P); with article ‎׳‎‎חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט הַמְֿ‎ Josh 1:12; Josh 4:12; Josh 12:6; Josh 18:7; Josh 22:1; Josh 22:7 (all D), Josh 22:9; Josh 22:10; Josh 22:11; Josh 22:21 (all P). Here belong also (chiefly) references to ‎׳‎‎מ‎ as father of Machir (compare Gen 50:23 above): Num 27:1; Num 32:39; Num 32:40; Num 36:1; Josh 13:31; Josh 17:1; Josh 17:3 (all P), 1Chr 7:14; 1Chr 7:17 and of Jair Deut 3:14 (D), Num 32:41 (P), 1Kgs 4:13 (compare ‎מָכִיר‎, ‎יָאִיר‎). (3) of undivided tribe (never ‎׳‎‎שֵׁבֶט מ‎): α. ‎׳‎‎בְּנֵי מ‎ Num 1:34; Num 2:20; Num 7:54; Num 26:29; Num 36:12 (all P); β. ‎׳‎‎מ‎ alone, Num 1:10; Num 26:28; Num 26:34; Num 27:1b (all P), Ezek 48:4; Ezek 48:5 γ. ‎׳‎‎מַטֵּה מ‎ Num 1:35; Num 2:20; Num 13:11, ‎׳‎‎מַטֵּה בְּנֵי מ‎ Num 10:23; Num 34:13 (all P).

2. son of Hezekiah, and king of Judah (Assyrian Menasê, Minsê Schr^{COT 2Kgs 21:1}); — 2Kgs 20:21; 2Kgs 21:1 + 9 t. Kings, 12 t. Chronicles, Jer 15:4.

3. two who had taken strange wives:
a. Ezra 10:30.
b. Ezra 10:33.

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