STRONGS NUMBER H4519


Word Summary
Menashsheh: "causing to forget", a son of Joseph, also a tribe desc. from him, also a king of Judah , also two Israelites
Original Word: מְנַשֶּׁה
Transliteration: Menashsheh
Phonetic Spelling: (men-ash-sheh')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "causing to forget", a son of Joseph, also a tribe desc. from him, also a king of Judah , also two Israelites
Meaning: Manasseh -- "causing to forget", a son of Joseph, also a king of Judah, also two Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Manasseh

From nashah; causing to forget; Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory -- Manasseh.

see HEBREW nashah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4519. Menashsheh

מְנַשֶּׁה136 proper name, masculine person and tribe Manasseh (interpretation of Genesis 41:51 as Pi`el causative √II. נשׁה‎ q. v.); — ׳מ46:20 +; מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה41:51 + (on Judges 18:30 see משֶׁה‎); with article (strangely), ׳הַמְֿJoshua 1:12 10t. (see below); ᵐ5Μαν(ν)ασση; —

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a. Manasseh, eldest son of Joseph Genesis 41:51; 48:1, 13, 14 (twice in verse); 48:17, 20 (twice in verse), also 50:23 (father of Machir; all E), 46:20; 48:5 (both P).

b. of tribe, often + Ephraim (see אֶפְרַיִם‎): (I) the part west of Jordan: a. מ ׳בְּנֵיJoshua 16:9; 17:2a (הַנּוֺתָרִים ׳בנימֿ‎), 17:2 b; 17:6; 17:12 (all J E), 1 Chronicles 7:29; 9:3 (וּמ אֶפְרַיִם ׳בְּנֵי‎; Joshua 13:29 see below); β. ׳מ‎ alone, 17:5, 8 (twice in verse); 17:9b; 17:11, 17; Deuteronomy 34:2 (וּמ אֶפְרַיִם ׳אֶרֶץ‎; all J E), 2 Chronicles 30:10 (id.), Joshua 16:4; 17:7; 17:9a; 17:10 (all P), also apparently Deuteronomy 33:17 (poem), Judges 1:27; 6:15, 35; 7:23; Isaiah 9:20 (twice in verse); Psalm 80:3 10t. Chronicles; γ. מ ׳מַטֵּה1 Chronicles 6:55; מ מַטֵּה ׳חֲצִיJoshua 21:6, 25; 1 Chronicles 12:32 (van d. H v.12:31); מ חֲצִי מַטֵּה ׳מַחֲצִית6:46 (but on text see Kit); מ מַטּוֺת ׳שְׁנֵי וְאֶפְרַיִםJoshua 14:4 (P); δ. מ שֵׁבֶט ׳חֲצִי1 Chronicles 27:20; with article הַמְֿ ׳הַשֵּׁבֶטJoshua 13:7 (D). (2) of Manasseh east of Jordan; α. מ ׳בְּנֵי22:30-31, (P); β. ׳מ‎ alone, Judges 11:29 (distinctly of territory), 12:4 (but on text see GFM), Psalm 60:9 = 108:9; הַמ ׳חֲצִי1 Chronicles 27:21; γ. מ ׳מַטֵּהJoshua 17:1a 20:8 (both P), 1 Chronicles 6:47; מ מַטֵּה ׳חֲצִיJoshua 22:1 (D), Numbers 34:14; Joshua 21:5, 27 (all P), 1 Chronicles 6:56; מ ׳בְּנֵי מַטֵּה חֲצִיJoshua 13:29 (P); δ. מ שֵׁבֶט ׳חֲצִיDeuteronomy 3:13 (D), Joshua 13:29; 22:13, 15 (all P), 1 Chronicles 15:18, 23, 26; 12:38 (van d. H v.12:37); מ שֵׁבֶט ׳חֲצִי בֶּןיֿוֺסֵףNumbers 32:33 (P); with article הַמְֿ שֵׁבֶט ׳חֲצִיJoshua 1:12; 4:12; 12:6; 18:7; 22:1, 7 (all D), 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; 32:39-40, 36:1; Joshua 13:31; 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 יָאִיר מָכִיר,‎). (3) of undivided tribe (never מ ׳שֵׁבֶט‎): α. מ ׳בְּנֵיNumbers 1:34; 2:20; 7:54; 26:29; 36:12 (all P); β. ׳מ‎ alone, 1:10; 26:28, 34; 27:1b (all P), Ezekiel 48:4-5, γ. מ ׳מַטֵּהNumbers 1:35; 2:20; 13:11, מ בְּנֵי ׳מַטֵּה10:23; 34:13 (all P).

2 son of Hezekiah, and king of Judah (Assyrian Menasê, Minsê SchrCOT 2 Kings 21:1); — 20:21; 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.