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Neah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5269

נֵעָה

ne.ah — Neah

Neah = "shaking" a boundary mark of the territory of Zebulun Another name of ne.i.el (נְעִיאֵל "Neiel" H5272)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3130

יוֹסֵף

yo.seph — Joseph

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.24; son of: Israel (H3478) and Rachel (H7354); brother of: Benjamin (H1144); half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783); married to Asenath (H0621); father of: Manasseh (H4519) and Ephraim (H0669); also called Zaphenath-paneah at Gen.41.45; § Joseph = "Jehovah has added" 1) the eldest son of Jacob by Rachel 2) father of Igal, who represented the tribe of Issachar among the spies 3) a son of Asaph 4) a man who took a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 5) a priest of the family of Shebaniah in the time of Nehemiah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1150

בִּנְעָא

bin.a — Binea

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.8.37; son of: Moza (H4162H); father of: Raphah (H7498), Eleasah (H0501H) and Azel (H0682A) § Binea or Bineah = fountain a descendant of Jonathan

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3084

יְהוֹסֵף

ye.ho.seph — Joseph

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.24; son of: Israel (H3478) and Rachel (H7354); brother of: Benjamin (H1144); half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783); married to Asenath (H0621); father of: Manasseh (H4519) and Ephraim (H0669); also called Zaphenath-paneah at Gen.41.45; Another name of yo.seph (יוֹסֵף "Joseph" H3130G) § Joseph = "Jehovah has added" the eldest son of Jacob by Rachel

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5272

נְעִיאֵל

ne.i.el — Neiel

Neiel = "moved by God" a place on the border of the territory of Asher Also named: ne.ah (נֵעָה "Neah" H5269)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6847

צָֽפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ

tsoph.nat pa.ne.ach — Zaphenath-paneah

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.24; son of: Israel (H3478) and Rachel (H7354); brother of: Benjamin (H1144); half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783); married to Asenath (H0621); father of: Manasseh (H4519) and Ephraim (H0669); also called Zaphenath-paneah at Gen.41.45; Another name of yo.seph (יוֹסֵף "Joseph" H3130G) § Zaphnath-paaneah = "treasury of the glorious rest" a name given by Pharaoh to Joseph

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Historical dictionary entry

Shaking, or settlement, or descent, a town on the east side of Zebulun, not far from Rimmon (Josh. 19:13).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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