Original Word: יְהוֹסֵף
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Yehoseph
Phonetic Spelling: (yeh-ho-safe')
Short Definition: Joseph יוֺסֵף₂₁₂ and יְהוֺסֵף ( Psalm 81:6 see Ges^{§ 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 Genesis 30:24 (name explained Genesis 30:23 (E) from אָסַף = take away, but Genesis 30:24 (J) from יָסַף add) + 155 t. 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 37:2a; 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.

Joseph

A fuller form of Yowceph; Jehoseph (i.e. Joseph), a son of Jacob -- Joseph.

see HEBREW Yowceph

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