יוֹסֵף

1. elder son of Jacob and Rachel;
\ \ a. as an individual 1 Mos 30,24 (name explained v1 Mos 30,23 (E) from אָסַף = take away, but v1 Mos 30,24 (J) from יָסַף add) + 155 t. Genesis, chiefly in narrative of J E, also poem 1 Mos 49,22; 1 Mos 49,26 and, dependent on this, 1 Kron 5,1; 1 Kron 5,2 P only 1 Mos 35,24; 1 Mos 37,2a; 1 Mos 41,46 (twice in verse); 1 Mos 46,19; 1 Mos 46,20; 1 Mos 46,27; 1 Mos 47,5; 1 Mos 47,7; 1 Mos 47,11; 1 Mos 48,3 also 2 Mos 1,5; 2 Mos 1,6) (P), v2 Mos 1,8; 2 Mos 13,19; Jos 24,32 (all E), 1 Kron 2,2; Sl 105,17.
\ \ b. as founder of a tribal division ׳מַטֵּה יו ( = Manasseh) 4 Mos 13,11 usually ׳בְּנֵייֿו 4 Mos 1,32 (= Ephraim), commonly = Ephraim and Manasseh 4 Mos 1,10; 4 Mos 26,28; 4 Mos 26,37; 4 Mos 34,23; Jos 14,4; Jos 16,1; Jos 16,4; Jos 17,14; Jos 17,16; Jos 18,11, compare Jos 24,32; 1 Kron 7,29, but also of east Jordan Israel (where half Manaeseh settled) 4 Mos 36,1 = ׳מַטֵּה בני יו, v4 Mos 36,5 compare חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מנשׂה בֶּןיֿוֺסֵף 4 Mos 32,33 = compare 4 Mos 36,12, and Jos 17,1; Jos 17,2 ׳בֵּית יו (Manasseh and Ephraim) Jos 17,17 (so originally vJos 17,14 according to Di), Jos 18,5; Dom 1,22; Dom 1,23; Dom 1,25 occupying the great central region of Palestine; 2 Sam 19,21; 1 Kong 11,28 ultimately =
\ \ c. the northern kingdom Amos 5,6; Zak 10,6 (|| בֵּית יְהוּדָה); so יוֺסֵף alone Amos 5,15; Amos 6,6; 5 Mos 27,12; 5 Mos 33,13; 5 Mos 33,16; Ob 1,18 (|| יעקב בית), Ezk 37,16; Ezk 37,19; Ezk 47,13; Ezk 48,32 בְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב ויוסף Sl 77,16 אֹהֶל יוֺסֵף Sl 78,67 (|| שֵׁבֶט אֶפְרַיִם).
\ \ d. = entire nation Sl 80,2 (|| ישׂראל); so יְהוֺסֵף Sl 81,6 (|| id.)

2. a man of Issachar 4 Mos 13,7.

3. a son of Asaph 1 Kron 25,2; 1 Kron 25,9

4. one of those who took strange wives Ezr 10,42.

5. a priest Neh 12,14.