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יוֺסֵף212 and יְהוֺסֵף ( Ps 81:6 see Ges «GKC:53»§ 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 MeyZAW vi, 8 WMMAisen u. Europa 162) —
1. elder son of Jacob and Rachel;
a. as an individual Gen 30:24 (name explained Gen 30:23 (
E
) from אָסַף = take away, but Gen 30:24 (
J
) from יָסַף add) + 155 t. Genesis, chiefly in narrative of
J
E
, also poem
Gen 49:22;
Gen 49:26 and, dependent on this, 1Chr 5:1; 1Chr 5:2
P
only Gen
35:24; Gen
37:2
a; Gen 41:46
(twice in verse); Gen 46:19; Gen 46:20; Gen 46:27; Gen 47:5; Gen 47:7; Gen 47:11; Gen 48:3 also Exod 1:5; Exod 1:6) (
P
), Exod 1:8
;
Exod 13:19;
Josh 24:32
(all
E
), 1Chr 2:2
;
Ps 105:17
.
b. as founder of a tribal division ׳
מַטֵּה יו ( = Manasseh) Num 13:11 usually ׳
בְּנֵייֿו
Num 1:32 (=
Ephraim), commonly = Ephraim and Manasseh Num 1:10; Num 26:28; Num 26:37; Num 34:23; Josh 14:4; Josh 16:1; Josh 16:4; Josh 17:14; Josh 17:16; Josh 18:11, compare Josh 24:32;
1Chr 7:29,
but also of east Jordan Israel (where half Manaeseh settled)
Num 36:1 =
׳
מַטֵּה בני יו, Num 36:5 compare חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מנשׂה בֶּןיֿוֺסֵף
Num 32:33 =
compare Num 36:12
, and Josh 17:1
; Josh 17:2
׳
בֵּית יו (Manasseh and Ephraim) Josh 17:17 (so originally Josh 17:14 according to Di), Josh 18:5; Judg 1:22; Judg 1:23; Judg 1:25 occupying the great central region of Palestine; 2Sam 19:21; 1Kgs 11:28
ultimately =
c. the northern kingdom Amos 5:6; Zech 10:6 (|| בֵּית יְהוּדָה); so
יוֺסֵף
alone Amos 5:15
;
Amos 6:6; Deut 27:12;
Deut 33:13;
Deut 33:16;
Obad 1:18 (||
יעקב בית), Ezek 37:16; Ezek 37:19; Ezek 47:13; Ezek 48:32
בְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב ויוסף
Ps 77:16
אֹהֶל יוֺסֵף
Ps 78:67
(||
שֵׁבֶט אֶפְרַיִם).
d. = entire nation Ps 80:2 (|| ישׂראל);
so
יְהוֺסֵף
Ps 81:6 (||
id.)
2. a man of Issachar Num 13:7.
3. a son of Asaph 1Chr 25:2; 1Chr 25:9
4. one of those who took strange wives Ezra 10:42.
5. a priest Neh 12:14.