H3131 H3131
Yosifyah, father of one of Ezra's companions (Ezra 8:10)
This theophoric name meaning 'Yah adds' or 'Yah increases' belongs to the father of one of the family heads who returned with Ezra from Babylon. The man's son led 160 males from Bani's descendants on the return journey. Like many names in Ezra's genealogical lists, Yosifyah receives no further narrative development, serving primarily to establish his son's legitimacy and ancestral credentials for participation in the restoration community.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The father of a family head who accompanied Ezra from Babylonian exile to Jerusalem, contributing 160 males to the returning community (Ezra 8:10). His name's meaning, 'Yah adds,' appropriately reflects the growth of the restoration community through successive waves of return. 1×
AR["يُوسِفْيا"]·ben["যোসিফিয়ের"]·DE["[יוספיה]"]·EN["Yosifyah"]·FR["[יוספיה]"]·heb["יוספיה"]·ID["Yosifya"]·IT["[יוספיה]"]·jav["Yosifya"]·KO["요시비야-의"]·PT["Yosifyah"]·RU["Йосифьи"]·ES["Yosifyah"]·SW["Yosifia"]·TR["Yosifyanin"]·urd["یوسِفیاہ"]
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
† יוֹסִפְיָה n.pr.m. (י׳ adds)—father of one of Ezra’s companions Ezr 8:10.