Joseph Proper Name

Jose -- nombre propio que significa 'el anade'; el patriarca, y por metonimia las tribus norteñas descendientes de el

Jose — nombre propio indeclinable llevado por varias figuras biblicas, desde el patriarca hasta el esposo de Maria

יוֹסֵף212 and יְהוֹסֵף (†ψ 81:6 v. Ges§ 53, 3, R. 7). n.pr.m. (he adds, increases, v. יוספיה infr.;—on n.pr. loc. in Pal. Yšap’arḁ (Egyptian form, = יוסף אל) v. MeyZAW vi, 8 WMMAsien u. Europa 162)— 1. elder son of Jacob and Rachel; a. as an inividual Gn 30:24 (name expl. v 23 (E) from אָסַף = take away, but v 24 (J) from יָסַף add) + 155 times Gn, chiefly in narrative of JE, also poem 49:22, 26 and, depenent on this, 1 Ch 5:1, 2; P only 35:24; 37:2a; 41:46(×2); 46:19, 20, 27; 47:5, 7, 11; 48:3; also Ex 1:5, 6 (P), v 8 13:19 Jos 24:32 (all E), 1 Ch 2:2 ψ 105:17. †b. as founder of a tribal division מַטֵּה יו׳ (= Manasseh) Nu 13:11; usually בְּנֵי־יו׳ 1:32 (= Ephraim), commonly = Ephraim and Manasseh 1:10; 26:28, 37; 34:23; Jos 14:4; 16:1, 4; 17:14, 16; 18:11, cf. 24:32; 1 Ch 7:29, but also of E. Jordan Israel (where half Manasseh settled) Nu 36:1 = מַטֵּה בני יו׳ v 5; cf. חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מנשׂה בֶּן־יוֹסֵף 32:33 cf. 36:12, and Jos 17:1, 2; בֵּית יו׳ (Manasseh and Ephraim) 17:17 (so orig. v 14 according to Di), 18:5; Ju 1:22, 23, 35, occupying the great central region of Palestine; 2 S 19:21; 1 K 11:28; ultimately = c. the northern kingdom Am 5:6; Zc 10:6 (‖ בֵּית יְהוּדָה) Ob 18 (‖ בית יעקב); so יוֹסֵף alone Am 5:15; 6:6; Dt 27:12; 33:13, 16 Ez 37:16, 19; 47:13; 48:32; בְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב ויוסף ψ 77:16; אֹהֶל יוֹסֵף 78:67 (‖ שֵׁבֶט אֶפְרַיִם). d. = entire nation ψ 80:2 (‖ ישׂראל); so יְהוֹסֵף 81:6 (‖ id.) †2. a man of Issachar Nu 13:7. †3. a son of Asaph 1 Ch 25:2, 9. †4. one of those who took strange wives Ezr 10:42. †5. a priest Ne 12:14.