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Strong's #3084 - יְהוֹסֵף
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- Joseph = "Jehovah has added"
- the eldest son of Jacob by Rachel
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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.
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.