Original: יֹוסֵף

Transliteration: Yôwçêph

Phonetic: yo-safe'

Short Definition: Joseph

Original: יוסף

Transliteration: yôsêph

Phonetic: yo-safe'

BDB Definition:

Joseph = "Jehovah has added"

1. the eldest son of Jacob by Rachel
2. father of Igal, who represented the tribe of Issachar among the spies
3. a son of Asaph
4. a man who took a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
5. a priest of the family of Shebaniah in the time of Nehemiah

Origin: future of H3254

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine

Cognate: H3084, H3131, H3254