STRONGS NUMBER H3084

H3084. Yehoseph

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 30:23 (E) from אָסַף‎ = take away, but 30:24 (J) from יָסַף‎ add) + 155 t. Genesis, chiefly in narrative of J E, also poem 49:22, 26 and, dependent on this, 1 Chronicles 5:1-2, P only Genesis 35:24; 37:2a; 41:46 (twice in verse); 46:19-20, 27; 47:5, 7, 11; 48:3; also Exodus 1:5; 1:6) (P), 1:8; 13:19; Joshua 24:32 (all E), 1 Chronicles 2:2; Psalm 105:17.

b. as founder of a tribal division יו ׳מַטֵּה‎ ( = Manasseh) Numbers 13:11; usually ׳בְּנֵייֿו‎ 1:32 (= Ephraim), commonly = Ephraim and Manasseh 1:10; 26:28, 37; 34:23; Joshua 14:4; 16:1, 4; 17:14, 16; 18:11, compare 24:32; 1 Chronicles 7:29, but also of east Jordan Israel (where half Manaeseh settled) Numbers 36:1 = יו בני ׳מַטֵּה‎, 36:5; compare בֶּןיֿוֺסֵף מנשׂה שֵׁבֶט חֲצִי‎ 32:33 +? 36:12, and Joshua 17:1-2, יו ׳בֵּית‎ (Manasseh and Ephraim) 17:17 (so originally 17:14 according to Di), 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 ("" יְהוּדָה בֵּית‎); so יוֺסֵף‎ alone Amos 5:15; 6:6; Deuteronomy 27:12; 33:13, 16; Obadiah 18 ("" בית יעקב‎), Ezekiel 37:16, 19; 47:13; 48:32; ויוסף יַעֲקֹב בְּנֵי‎ Psalm 77:16; יוֺסֵף אֹהֶל‎ 78:67 ("" אֶפְרַיִם שֵׁבֶט‎).

d. = entire nation Psalm 80:2 ("" ישׂראל‎); so יְהוֺסֵף‎ 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.