יוֹסֵף212 H3084
Joseph, here 'in Joseph' as tribal/territorial designation (Psalm 81:5)
This prepositional phrase uses Joseph's name to denote either the northern kingdom (since Ephraim and Manasseh dominated the north) or the entire people of Israel (with Joseph as representative figure). Psalm 81 recounts the exodus and covenant, and 'in Joseph' likely refers to the whole nation considered through one of the patriarch's names. The usage reflects how Joseph's name could metonymically represent Israel, especially in poetic and prophetic literature.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A reference to the people of Israel or the northern tribes, designated through the name of the patriarch Joseph (Ps 81:5). The psalm's exodus context suggests the name functions as a poetic synonym for the covenant people whom God redeemed from Egypt. 1×
AR["فِي-يُوسُفَ"]·ben["যোসেফে"]·DE["in-Yosef"]·EN["in-Yosef"]·FR["dans-Joseph"]·heb["ב-יהוסף"]·HI["योसेफ-में"]·ID["di-Yusuf"]·IT["[ביהוסף]"]·jav["ing-Yusuf"]·KO["에-요셉에게"]·PT["em-José"]·RU["в-Йосефе"]·ES["en-Yehosef"]·SW["katika-Yosefu"]·TR["Yusuf'ta"]·urd["بِ-یوسف"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
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…