Lexicon Menashsheh: "causing to forget," a son of Joseph, also a tribe desc. from him, also a king of Judah , also two Israelites Original Word: מְנַשֶּׁהPart of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Transliteration: Menashsheh Phonetic Spelling: (men-ash-sheh') Short Definition: Manasseh NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom nashahDefinition"causing to forget," a son of Joseph, also a tribe desc. from him, also a king of Judah , also two Isr. NASB TranslationManasseh (144), Manasseh's (2).
Brown-Driver-Briggs מְנַשֶּׁה136 proper name, masculine person and tribe Manasseh (interpretation of Genesis 41:51 as Pi`el causative √II. נשׁה q. v.); — ׳מ Genesis 46:20 +; מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה Genesis 41:51 + (on Judges 18:30 see משֶׁה); with article (strangely), ׳הַמְֿ Joshua 1:12 10t. (see below); ᵐ5 Μαν( ν) ασση; — 1 a. Manasseh, eldest son of Joseph Genesis 41:51; Genesis 48:1,13,14 (twice in verse); Genesis 48:17,20 (twice in verse), also Genesis 50:23 (father of Machir; all E), Genesis 46:20; Genesis 48:5 (both P). b. of tribe, often + Ephraim (see אֶפְרַיִם): (I) the part west of Jordan: a. ׳בְּנֵי מ Joshua 16:9; Joshua 17:2a (׳בנימֿ הַנּוֺתָרִים), Joshua 17:2 b; Joshua 17:6; Joshua 17:12 (all J E), 1 Chronicles 7:29; 1 Chronicles 9:3 (׳בְּנֵי אֶפְרַיִם וּמ; Joshua 13:29 see below); β. ׳מ alone, Joshua 17:5,8 (twice in verse); Joshua 17:9b; Joshua 17:11,17; Deuteronomy 34:2 (׳אֶרֶץ אֶפְרַיִם וּמ; all J E), 2 Chronicles 30:10 (id.), Joshua 16:4; Joshua 17:7; Joshua 17:9a; Joshua 17:10 (all P), also apparently Deuteronomy 33:17 (poem), Judges 1:27; Judges 6:15,35; Judges 7:23; Isaiah 9:20 (twice in verse); Psalm 80:3 10t. Chronicles; γ. ׳מַטֵּה מ 1 Chronicles 6:55; ׳חֲצִי מַטֵּה מ Joshua 21:6,25; 1 Chronicles 12:32 (van d. H v.1 Chronicles 12:31); ׳מַחֲצִית מַטֵּה חֲצִי מ 1 Chronicles 6:46 (but on text see Kit); וְאֶפְרַיִם ׳שְׁנֵי מַטּוֺת מ Joshua 14:4 (P); δ. ׳חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מ 1 Chronicles 27:20; with article ׳הַשֵּׁבֶט הַמְֿ Joshua 13:7 (D). (2) of Manasseh east of Jordan; α. ׳בְּנֵי מ Joshua 22:30,31 (P); β. ׳מ alone, Judges 11:29 (distinctly of territory), Judges 12:4 (but on text see GFM), Psalm 60:9 = Psalm 108:9; ׳חֲצִי הַמ 1 Chronicles 27:21; γ. ׳מַטֵּה מ Joshua 17:1a Joshua 20:8 (both P), 1 Chronicles 6:47; ׳חֲצִי מַטֵּה מ Joshua 22:1 (D), Numbers 34:14; Joshua 21:5,27 (all P), 1 Chronicles 6:56; חֲצִי מַטֵּה ׳בְּנֵי מ Joshua 13:29 (P); δ. ׳חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מ Deuteronomy 3:13 (D), Joshua 13:29; Joshua 22:13,15 (all P), 1 Chronicles 15:18,23,26; 1 Chronicles 12:38 (van d. H v.1 Chronicles 12:37); בֶּןיֿוֺסֵף ׳חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מ Numbers 32:33 (P); with article ׳חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט הַמְֿ Joshua 1:12; Joshua 4:12; Joshua 12:6; Joshua 18:7; Joshua 22:1,7 (all D), Joshua 22:9,10,11,21 (all P). Here belong also (chiefly) references to ׳מ as father of Machir (compare Genesis 50:23 above): Numbers 27:1; Numbers 32:39,40; Numbers 36:1; Joshua 13:31; Joshua 17:1,3(all P), 1 Chronicles 7:14,17; and of Jair Deuteronomy 3:14 (D), Numbers 32:41 (P), 1 Kings 4:13 (compare מָכִיר, יָאִיר). (3) of undivided tribe (never ׳שֵׁבֶט מ): α. ׳בְּנֵי מ Numbers 1:34; Numbers 2:20; Numbers 7:54; Numbers 26:29; Numbers 36:12 (all P); β. ׳מ alone, Numbers 1:10; Numbers 26:28,34; Numbers 27:1b (all P), Ezekiel 48:4,5; γ. ׳מַטֵּה מ Numbers 1:35; Numbers 2:20; Numbers 13:11, ׳מַטֵּה בְּנֵי מ Numbers 10:23; Numbers 34:13 (all P). 2 son of Hezekiah, and king of Judah (Assyrian Menasê, Minsê SchrCOT 2 Kings 21:1); — 2 Kings 20:21; 2 Kings 21:1 9t. Kings, 12 t. Chronicles, Jeremiah 15:4. 3 two who had taken strange wives: a. Ezra 10:30. b. Ezra 10:33.
Strong's Manasseh From nashah; causing to forget; Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory -- Manasseh. see HEBREW nashah |
