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Genesis 39:1
“And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3130 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
- Derivation
- future of H3254 (יָסַף); let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding);
- KJV renderings
- Joseph. Compare H3084 (יְהוֹסֵף).
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- יוֹסֵ֖ף — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 213 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 30:24Genesis 30:25Genesis 33:2Genesis 33:7Genesis 35:24
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יוֹסֵף here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.