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'''Etymology''' | '''Etymology''' | ||
The PN '''J<small>OSEPH</small>''' may be of the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''yōsēp'', "he adds," or possibly ''yĕhōsēp(yāh)'', "may (the Lord) add," derived from the root ''yāsa<u>p</u>'', "to add" ([[F. Brown, S. Driver, and C. Briggs, eds. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford: Clarendon, 1907 /1968.|''BDB'']] 415b). | The [[Personal Name|PN]] '''J<small>OSEPH</small>''' may be of the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''yōsēp'', "he adds," or possibly ''yĕhōsēp(yāh)'', "may (the Lord) add," derived from the root ''yāsa<u>p</u>'', "to add" ([[F. Brown, S. Driver, and C. Briggs, eds. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. Oxford: Clarendon, 1907 /1968.|''BDB'']] 415b). | ||
'''Variants''' | '''Variants''' | ||
Revision as of 00:18, 7 November 2014
| Biblical PN | 1. | Son of JACOB (1 Nephi 5:14 (x2), 16; 6:2; 2 Nephi 3:4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 16; 4:1, 3; 25:21; Jacob 2:25; Alma 10:3; 46:23, 24 (x3), 27; 3 Nephi 5:21, 23; 10:17 (x2); 15:12; Ether 13:6, 7 (x4), 8, 10). |
| Lehite PN | 2. | Son of LEHI (1 Nephi 18:7, 19; 2 Nephi 3:1, 3, 22, 25; 5:6, 26; Jacob 1:18; Alma 3:6). |
| 3. | Joseph Smith Sr. and Joseph Smith Jr., seen in prophecy by Joseph No. 1 (2 Nephi 3) (Never mentioned by name!). |
Etymology
The PN JOSEPH may be of the HEBREW yōsēp, "he adds," or possibly yĕhōsēp(yāh), "may (the Lord) add," derived from the root yāsap, "to add" (BDB 415b).
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐖𐐄𐐞𐐇𐐙 (dʒoʊzɛf), 𐐖𐐃𐐞𐐇𐐙 (dʒɔːzɛf)
Notes
