BDB3600 [H3084 H3130]
1. elder son of Jacob and Rachel;
\ \ a. as an individual Gen 30:24 (name explained vGen 30:23 (E ) from אָסַף = take away , but vGen 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 37:2a; 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 ), vExod 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 , vNum 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 vJosh 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. )
\ \ a. as an individual Gen 30:24 (name explained vGen 30:23 (
\ \ b. as founder of a tribal division
\ \ c. the northern kingdom Amos 5:6; Zech 10:6 (||
\ \ d. = entire nation Ps 80:2 (||
2. a man of Issachar Num 13:7.
4. one of those who took strange wives Ezra 10:42.
5. a priest Neh 12:14.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
License: Public domain document; formatting developed for use in https://marvel.bible by Eliran Wong.
Source: provided by Tim Morton, the developer of Bible Analyzer