1 Chronicles 21:3:31 Chr.21.3.W3TAB
יוֹסֵף֩
yosef
“may he add”
- Transliteration
- yo-SEF
- Extended
- yoh-SEEF
- IPA
- /joːˈseːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- may he add
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yo-SEF
- phraseyour reading level
yo-SEF ye-ho-VAH al-AM-mo ka-HEM
- clause
va-yo-MER yo-AV yo-SEF ye-ho-VAH al-AM-mo ka-HEM me-A fe-a-MIM ha-LO a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh ku-LAM la-do-NI la-va-DIM
- sentence
va-yo-MER yo-AV yo-SEF ye-ho-VAH al-AM-mo ka-HEM me-A fe-a-MIM ha-LO a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh ku-LAM la-do-NI la-va-DIM la-MA ye-vak-KESH ZOT a-do-NI la-MA yih-ye le-ash-MA le-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The jussive yō-sêp̄ {יוֹסֵף֩ | yō-sêp̄} conveys a prayerful wish “may He add,” reinforced by the comparative clause kā-hēm mē-ʼāh pə-ʿam-mîm {כָּהֵם מֵאָה פְּעָמִים | kā-hēm mē-ʼāh pə-ʿam-mîm} “like them one hundred times,” emphasizing divine multiplication.
Root and etymology
y-s-fyod–samekh–pe
“to add, increase”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:3
And Joab said, “May the LORD add to His people a hundredfold. My lord the king, are they not all servants to my lord? Why does my lord seek this? Why should it become guilt for Israel?”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:3:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 21:3, so the Hebrew word יוֹסֵף֩ (yosef) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.21.3.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.3.W3.S1) and character.