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Strong's #3254 - יָסַף
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- Strong
- to add, increase, do again
- (Qal) to add, increase, do again
- (Niphal)
- to join, join oneself to
- to be joined, be added to
- (Hiphil)
- to cause to add, increase
- to do more, do again
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1339) px (ספ SP) AC: Gather CO: Lip AB: ?: The pictograph x is a picture of a thorn representing a turning, the p is a picture of a mouth. Combined these mean "turning mouth". The rim, or lips of the bowl, which circle around it. The bowl is used for gathering things together and for eating.
A) px (ספ SP) AC: ? CO: Lip AB: ?
Nm ) px (ספ SP) - I. Bowl:A container with a lip. II. Threshold:The lip of the door. KJV (32): door, threshold, bason, post, bowl, gate, cup - Strongs: H5592 (סַף)
Nf1) epx (ספה SPH) - Lip: The lip or edge of something. Also language as spoken from the lips. [df: hpV tpV] KJV (176): lip, bank, brim, edge, language, speech, shore, brink, border, prating, vain - Strongs: H8193 (שֶׂפֶת)
pm ) mpx (ספמ SPM) - Lip: [df: MpV] KJV (5): lip, beard - Strongs: H8222 (שָׂפָם)
B) ppx (ספפ SPP) AC: ? CO: Door AB: ?: What stands at the lip of the door.
V) ppx (ספפ SPP) - Door: KJV (1): (vf: Hitpael) doorkeeper - Strongs: H5605 (סָפַף)
C) pxa (אספ ASP) AC: Gather CO: Store AB: ?: The gathering together of a group into a bowl. An assembly of people in a place.
V) pxa (אספ ASP) - Gather: KJV (200): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hitpael, Pual, Piel) together, gather, assemble, rereward - Strongs: H622 (אָסַף)
Nf1) epxa (אספה ASPH) - Gathered: KJV (1): gathered - Strongs: H626 (אֲסֵפָה)
bm) pixa (אסיפ ASYP) - Gathering: KJV (2): ingathering - Strongs: H614 (אָסִף)
cm) pfxa (אסופ ASWP) - Store: A place where stores are gathered together. KJV (3): threshold - Strongs: H624 (אָסֹף)
df1) epfxa (אסופה ASWPH) - Assembly: A gathering of people. KJV (1): assembly - Strongs: H627 (אֲסֻפָּה)
gm) pxfa (אוספ AWSP) - Gathering: KJV (3): gathering - Strongs: H625 (אֹסֶף)
lm) pxpxa (אספספ ASPSP) - Assembly: A gathering of people. KJV (1): multitude - Strongs: H628 (אֲסַפְסֻף)
E) apx (ספא SPA) AC: ? CO: Feed AB: ?
hcm ) afpxm (מספוא MSPWA) - Feed: A gathering of food. KJV (5): provender - Strongs: H4554 (מִסְפּוֹא)
H) epx (ספה SPH) AC: Consume CO: Lip AB: ?: The edge of the mouth where food is gathered.
V) epx (ספה SPH) - Consume: To eat with the lips. KJV (20): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil) consume, destroy, add, perish, augment, heap, join - Strongs: H5595 (סָפָה)
J) pfx (סופ SWP) AC: Consume CO: Reed AB: ?: Reeds and weeds (פאפירס papyrus) grow at the edge, or lip, of ponds and stream.
V) pfx (סופ SWP) - Consume: To eat with the lips. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (10): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) consume, end, perish - Strongs: H5486 (סוּף), H5487 (סוּף)
Nm) pfx (סופ SWP) - I. Reed:He plants that grow at the edge, or lip, of a river or pond. II. Edge:[Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (38): flags, weeds, end, conclusion, hind - Strongs: H5488 (סוּף), H5490 (סוֹף), H5491 (סוֹף)
Nf1) epfx (סופה SWPH) - Whirlwind: A circling wind that devours what is on the land in its mouth. KJV (16): whirlwind, storm, sea, tempest - Strongs: H5492 (סוּפָה)
L) pxi (יספ YSP) AC: Add CO: ? AB: ?: An adding or augmenting to something by adding to it.
V) pxi (יספ YSP) - Add: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (44): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hophal) more, again, add, increase, also, exceed, put, further, henceforth, can, continue, give - Strongs: H3254 (יָסַף), H3255 (יְסַף)
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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Perfect יָסַף Genesis 38:26 +; יָסְפָה Genesis 8:12; וְיָסְפָה consecutive 2 Kings 19:30 = Isaiah 37:31; יָסַ֫פְתָּ Isaiah 26:15; 2 Chronicles 9:6; וְיָסַפְתָּ֫ Deuteronomy 19:9, etc.; Imperative סְפוּ Isaiah 29:1; Jeremiah 7: + Infinitive construct לָסֶ֫פֶת for ᵑ0לִסְמּוֺת Numbers 32:14; Isaiah 30:1 (Ges§ 69. 2. R); Participle יוֺסִף (read יוֺסֵף) Isaiah 29:14; Isaiah 38:5 (Kö i. 403 adds Ecclesiastes 1:18 יוֺסִיף, from form and connection less likely); plural יֹסְפִים Deuteronomy 5:22; — add followed by accusative + על 1 Samuel 12:19; Jeremiah 7:21; Jeremiah 45:3; Isaiah 29:1; Isaiah 30:1; Isaiah 38:5; Deuteronomy 19:9 (+ עוד), Leviticus 22:14; Leviticus 26:21; Leviticus 27:13,15,19,27 followed by accusative 2 Kings 19:30 = Isaiah 37:31; Numbers 32:14; 2 Chronicles 9:6 followed by על (no accusative; יָסַפְתָּ עַלהַֿשְּׁמוּעָה אֲשֶׁרשָׁמָ֑עְתִּי); followed by לְ (no accusative) = increase Isaiah 26:15 (twice in verse) (יָסַפְתָּלַגּוֺי); followed by accusative increase, have more Isaiah 29:19 (וְיַסְפוּ עֲנָוִיםביהוה שִׂמְחָה); 14t. followed by infinitive Genesis 8:12 (אליו עוֺד לֹא יָסְפָה שׁוּב, i.e. it did not again return unto him), Genesis 38:26 (+עוד), Leviticus 26:18; Numbers 32:15 (+ עוד), Deuteronomy 5:22 ( + עוֺד), Deuteronomy 20:8; Judges 8:28; Judges 13:21 (+ עוד), 1 Samuel 7:13 ( + עוד), 1 Samuel 15:35; 1 Samuel 27:4 (וְלאֹ יָו֯סַף עוֺד), 2 Samuel 2:28 (+עוד), 2 Kings 6:23 (+עוֺד), Isaiah 29:14; compare Numbers 11:25; Deuteronomy 5:19, where infinitive not expressed, but implied from context; both with לֹא and did not do it again.
Niph`al Perfect נוֺסַף Jeremiah 36:32; ׳וְנ: consecutive Exodus 1:10; Numbers 36:3; 3 feminine singular וְנוֺסְפָה consecutive Numbers 36:4; Participle וְנוֺסָף Proverbs 11:24; נוֺסָפוֺת Isaiah 15:9; —
1 join (intransitive), join oneself to (עַל) Exodus 1:10
2 be joined, added to (עַל) Numbers 36:3,4; Jeremiah 36:32; participle absolute is increased Proverbs 11:24; participle feminine plural = things added, additions (i.e. additional calamities) Isaiah 15:9.
Hiph`il172 Perfect הֹסִיף 2 Kings 24:7; הוֺסַ֫פְתָּ 1 Kings 10:7, etc.; Imperfect164 יוֺסִיף Joshua 23:18 +; jussive יוֺסֵף Genesis 30:24 +; י֫וֺסֶף (before tone) Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 9:9; וַיּ֫וֺסֶף Isaiah 7:10 +; וַיּ֫אֹסֶף 1 Samuel 18:29; 2 masculine singular תּוֺסִיף Amos 7:13 +; jussive תֹּסֵף Deuteronomy 13:1; תּוֺסַ֑ף Job 40:32; תּוֺסְף Proverbs 30:6; אוֺסִיף Hosea 1:6 +; volunt. אוֺסֵף Hosea 9:15; אֹסֵף Deuteronomy 18:16 + Ezekiel 5:16 (strike out Co); אֹסִ֫פָה 2 Samuel 12:8 #NAME? Deuteronomy 32:28 (for ᵑ0אַסְמֶּה); 3 masculine plural יוֺסִפ֫וּן 1 Kings 19:2; 2 masculine plural תּוֺסִ֫יפוּ Isaiah 1:5 +; תִּסִפ֫וּן Genesis 44:23 2t.; תּאֹסִפ֫וּן Exodus 5:7 (per contr. 2 Samuel 6:1; Psalm 104:29, compare below אסף), etc.; Participle plural מוֺסִיפִים Nehemiah 13:18; Infinitive construct הוֺסִיף Leviticus 19:25 3t.; —
1 add (=
Qal), followed by accusative+ עַל 2 Kings 20:6; Leviticus 5:16; Leviticus 5:24; Leviticus 27:31; Numbers 5:7; Job 34:37 (Elihu), Psalm 61:7; Proverbs 16:23; Ezekiel 5:16 (see above), Nehemiah 13:18 + Deuteronomy 32:23; followed by accusative+ לְ Genesis 30:24; Proverbs 3:2 gn; followed by accusative+ אֶל 1 Kings 10:7 (i.e. thou hast more wisdom and prosperity than is reported); followed by accusative + אִם Proverbs 10:22; compare וְהוֺסַפְתִּ֫י עַלכָּֿלתְּֿהִלָּֽתְךָ Psalm 71:14 (i. e. increase); וְהוֺסַ֫פְתִּי חכמה על כלאֿשׁרהֿיה לְפָנַי Ecclesiastes 1:16 ("" הִגְּדַּ֫לְתִּי) (i.e. gain more); compare Ecclesiastes 2:9 ("" וְגָדַ֫לְתִּי); לכם תבואתו׳ה Leviticus 19:25 (i.e. yield more); וַיּ֫וֺסֶף׳אַחְאָב לַעֲשׂוֺת לְהַכְעִיס אֶתיֿהוהמִ֗֗֗כֹּל וגו 1 Kings 16:33 ( did more to provoke); add to, increase (followed by על), no object expressed עלחֿטאתנו׳ה 2 Chronicles 28:13; עלאֿשׁמת׳ה ישׂראל Ezra 10:10; עליו אֵין להוס֔יף Ecclesiastes 3:14 (opposed to לִגְרֹעַ), compare Deuteronomy 4:2; Deuteronomy 13:1; 1 Kings 12:11,14; 1 Chronicles 22:14; 2 Chronicles 10:11,14; Proverbs 30:6; Psalm 115:14; followed by אֶל (no other object expressed) Ezekiel 23:14; = give in addition וְאֹסִפָה לך 2 Samuel 12:8; מַהיֹּֿסִיף לָךְ) Psalm 120:4 ("" מַהיִּֿתֵּן לְךָ); especially in phrase כה יעשׂה אלהים) לך (לי) וכה יוסיף ׳(י 1 Samuel 3:17 so may God do to thee and more also, 1 Samuel 14:44; 1 Samuel 20:13; 1 Samuel 25:22; 2 Samuel 3:9 (יוסיף לו וכה), 2 Samuel 3:35; 2 Samuel 19:14; 1 Kings 2:23; 2 Kings 6:31; Ruth 1:17; subject heathen gods 1 Kings 19:2; 1 Kings 20:10;
c. accusative אֹמֶץ׳ה add strength = grow stronger Job 17:9, compare Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 9:9; Ecclesiastes 1:18 (twice in verse), also Isaiah 1:5; Proverbs 16:21; also, where subject different from indirect object Proverbs 10:27 (יוסיף ימים׳יראת י), Proverbs 19:4; Proverbs 23:23 = multiply עליכם כָּכֶם אלף פעמים׳ה Deuteronomy 1:11 compare 1 Chronicles 21:3; אלהיךָ אלהֿעם כָּהֵם וְכָהֵם׳וְיוֺסֵף י מֵאָה פְעָמִים 2 Samuel 24:3; compare אתכֿלאֿשׁר לְאִיּוֺב׳וַיֹּסֶף י לְמִשְׁנֶה Job 42:10.
2.a. followed by infinitive (with or without לְ) add to do = do again or more (in Hexateuch only J E & D); + עוֺד Genesis 8:21 (twice in verse); Genesis 18:20; Genesis 37:5,6; Exodus 10:29; Exodus 14:13; Numbers 25:15; Deuteronomy 3:26; Deuteronomy 17:16; Deuteronomy 19:20; Deuteronomy 28:68; Judges 9:37; Judges 20:28; 1 Samuel 3:6; 1 Samuel 18:29 (increase), 1 Samuel 23:4; 1 Samuel 27:4 (Kt), 2 Samuel 2:22; 2 Samuel 5:22; 2 Samuel 7:20 (infinitive omitted in "" 1 Chronicles 17:18), 1 Chronicles 14:10; 1 Chronicles 18:22; 2 Kings 24:7; Amos 7:8,13; Amos 8:2; Isaiah 8:5; Isaiah 10:20; Isaiah 23:12; Isaiah 51:22; Nahum 2:1; Zephaniah 3:11; Jeremiah 31:12; Ezekiel 36:12; Psalm 10:18; Psalm 78:17; infinitive omitted Proverbs 19:19; 1 Chronicles 17:18; עוֺד omitted Genesis 4:2,12; Genesis 8:10; Genesis 44:23; Exodus 5:7; Exodus 8:25; Exodus 9:28; Exodus 9:34; Exodus 10:28; Numbers 25:19; Numbers 25:25; Deuteronomy 13:12; Deuteronomy 18:16; Deuteronomy 25:3; Joshua 7:12; Joshua 23:13; Judges 2:31; Judges 3:12; Judges 4:1; Judges 10:16,13; Judges 13:1; Judges 20:22,23; 1 Samuel 3:8; 1 Samuel 3:21; 1 Samuel 9:8; 1 Samuel 19:8; 1 Samuel 20:17; 2 Samuel 3:34; 2 Samuel 7:10; 2 Samuel 24:1; 2 Kings 21:8; Isaiah 1:13; Isaiah 7:10; Isaiah 24:20; Hosea 9:13; Amos 5:2; 1 Chronicles 17:9; 2 Chronicles 28:22; 33:3; Job 27:1; Job 29:1; Psalm 41:9; Psalm 77:8; Lamentations 4:15,16,22; Jonah 2:5; infinitive omitted Exodus 11:6; Deuteronomy 25:3; Job 20:9; Job 34:32 = (Elihu), Job 38:11; Job 40:5; Job 40:32; Joel 2:2; compare also עֲבוֺר׳ה Numbers 22:26i.e. went on further.
b. followed by Imperfect with וַ (of past time) Genesis 25:1; 1 Samuel 19:21; Esther 8:3; Job 36:1 (Elihu), Daniel 10:18; + עוֺד Genesis 38:5; Judges 11:14; 1 Chronicles 14:13.
c. followed by Imperfect asynd. (Ges§ 120, 1b, 2 b) לא תוסיפי יקראולָֿךְ Isaiah 47:1,5; אוסיף אֲבַקְשֶׁנּוּ עוֺד Proverbs 23:35. לא אוסיף עוֺד אֲרַחֵם אֶתבֵּֿית ישׂראל Hosea 1:6; לא יוסיף יָבֹאבֿך עוֺד Isaiah 52:1.
[יְסַף] verb add (see Biblical Hebrew); —
Hoph`al (W GG 225) Perfect 3 feminine singular הוּסֲפַת (K§§ 15 d): 17,1; 43,1. Beisp. c)) Daniel 4:33 was added, ל person
יָסַף in Kal and Hiph. fut. יוסִיף, apoc. יוֹסֵף, conv. וַיֹּסֶף (fut. Kal unused), inf. הוֹסִיף; part. יוֹסִף for יוֹסֵף (Isaiah 29:14, 38:5 ), and מוֹסִיף Nehemiah 13:18 (compare note).
(1) to add, (Syr. and Chald. Aph. אוֹסֵף, ܐܘܰܣܶܦ). Followed by an accus. of the thing added, and עַל of that to which it is added. Leviticus 5:16, וְאֶת חֲמִישִׁיתוֹ יוֹסֵף עָלָיו “and he shall add a fifth part thereto.” Levit. 22:14 27:13, seq.; Deuteronomy 19:9 followed by אֶל 2 Samuel 24:3. The accusative of the thing to be added is however often omitted, Deuteronomy 13:1, לֹא־תֹסֵף עָלָיו וְלֹא תִגְרַע מִמֶּנּוּ “neither add thereto nor take therefrom (any thing whatever).” Proverbs 30:6; Ecclesiastes 3:14.
Hence
(2) to add (something) to-, i.e. to increase any thing, comp. the Fr. ajouter à, and Lat. detrahere (aliquid) de laudibus alic. Followed by עַל Psalms 71:14, וְהוֹסַפְתִּי עַל־כָּל־תְּהִלָּתֶךָ “and I will add to (increase) all thy praise.” Psalms 115:14; Ezra 10:10 followed by אֶל Ezekiel 23:14 followed by לְ Isai. 26:15 followed by an acc. Leviticus 19:25. Job 42:10, וַיֹּסֶף יְהוֹה אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר לְאִיּוֹב לְמִשְׁנֶה “and Jehovah increased twofold all things which Job had.” Ecclesiastes 1:18; Proverbs 1:5, 9:9 10:27 16:21 19:4 Job 17:9; Isaiah 29:19. To increase any thing to any one sometimes means i.q. to give more, plentifully. Psalms 120:3, מַה־יִּתֵּן לְךָ וּמַה־יּוֹסִיף לָךְ לָשׁוֹן רְמִיָּת “what shall one give to thee, or what shall one increase to thee, O deceitful tongue?” compare Leviticus 26:21; Ezekiel 5:16. Elsewhere to increase, is i.q. to surpass. 2 Chronicles 9:6, יָסַפְתָּ עַל הַשְּׁמוּעָה “thou hast increased the fame,” i.e. thou hast surpassed the fame, comp. 1 Kings 10:7.
(3) To add to do anything, followed by an inf. either naked or else with לְ prefixed, more rarely with a finite verb, (the copula either added or omitted, Proverbs 23:35; Isaiah 52:1; Hosea 1:6) is
(a) to do again, and in Latin [or other language which resembles it in this particular] it is commonly expressed by an adverb, iterum, rursus. Genesis 4:2, וַתֹּסֶף לָלֶדֶת “and she bare again.” Genesis 8:10, 12 18:29, וַיֹּסֶף עוֹד לְדַבֵּר “and he spoke yet again.” Genesis 25:1; Exodus 10:28, 29 Exodus 10:29.
(b) to do something afterwards, to continue to do anything, to do it any longer. Genesis 4:12, לֹא־תֹסֵף תֵּת־כֹּחָהּ לָךְ “(the earth) shall no more yield to thee her strength.” Numbers 32:15; Joshua 7:12; 1 Samuel 19:8, 27:4 Isaiah 47:1, Isaiah 47:5.
(c) to do more. Genesis 37:5, וַיּוֹסִיפוּ עוֹד שְׂנא אֹתוֹ “and they hated him yet more;” 37:8. 1 Samuel 18:29; 2 Samuel 3:34.-Sometimes the action which is either to be repeated or continued, is omitted, and is only to be gathered from what precedes. Job 20:9, עַיִן שְׁזָפַתּוּ וְלֹא תוֹסִיף “the eye has seen him, but it shall not add,” sc. לִשְׁזֹף i.e. shall see no more. Job 34:32, “if I have sinned, I will not continue,” sc. to sin. Job 38:11, 40:5, 32 Job 40:32. Exodus 11:6, “such as never was before וְכָמֹהוּ לֹא־תֹסִיף (sc. לִהְיוֹת) neither afterwards will there be.” Numbers 11:25, “and when the Spirit came upon them they prophesied וְלֹא יָסָֽפוּ (sc. לְהִתְנַבֵּא) but (from that day) never any more,” as is well rendered by the LXX. and Syr.
Note. In the future for יוֹסֵף there is sometimes written יאֹסֵף. Exodus 5:7; 1 Samuel 18:29 and on the contrary יוֹסֵף, יֹסֵף Psalms 104:29; 2 Samuel 6:1, for יאֹסֵף from אָסַף. For the imp. there occurs twice סְפוּ, but this is more correctly referred to the root סָפָה.
Niphal נוֹסַף
(1) to be added, followed by עַל Numbers 36:3, Numbers 36:4, reflect. to join one’s self, Exodus 1:10.
(2) to be increased, sc. in wealth. Proverbs 11:24. Part. נֹוסָפוֹת Isaiah 15:9, additions, increases, sc. of calamities, i.e. new calamities.
Derived pr.n. יוֹסֵף, יְהוֹסֵף, יוֹסִפְיָה.