Yossef

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Yossef
Pronunciation [ˈjoːsef]
Gender Male
Language(s) Hebrew
Origin
Language(s) Hebrew
Other names
Short form(s) Yossi

Yossef (also transliterated as Yosef, Josef, Tiberian Hebrew and Aramaic Yôsēp̄) is a male Hebrew name יוֹסֵף , from Hebrew יהוה להוסיף YHWH Lhosif meaning "YHWH will increase/add". It is the Hebrew equivalent of the English name Joseph, and the Arabic name Yusuf.

Given name

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Surname

  • Elie Yossef, Israeli educator and political activist
  • Menasheh ben Yossef ben Yisrael (1604–1657), Portuguese rabbi, kabbalist, writer, diplomat, printer and publisher, founder of the first Hebrew printing press (named Emeth Meerets Titsma`h)
  • Yaacov Yossef (1946–2013), Israeli rabbi and member of the Knesset

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Other uses

  • Yosef (mascot), mascot of the Appalachian State Mountaineers of Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina

See also


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