Yosef (; also transliterated as Yossef, Josef, Yoseph Tiberian Hebrew and Aramaic ''Yôsēp̄'') is a Hebrew male name derived from the Biblical character Joseph. The name can also consist of the Hebrew yadah meaning "praise", "fame" and the word asaf. It is the Hebrew equivalent of the English name '' Joseph'', and the Arabic name '' Yusuf''.
The name appears in the Book of Genesis. Joseph is Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first son, and known in the
Jewish Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach" ''
Yossef
Yosef (; also transliterated as Yossef, Josef, Yoseph Tiberian Hebrew and Aramaic ''Yôsēp̄'') is a Hebrew male name derived from the Biblical character Joseph. The name can also consist of the Hebrew yadah meaning "praise", "fame" and the word ...
ben-
Yaakov
Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Jacob in Islam, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel (name), Israel, is regarded as a Patriarchs (Bible), patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religi ...
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In Christian culture, the name has the additional significance of being the name of
Saint Joseph
Joseph (; el, Ἰωσήφ, translit=Ioséph) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who, according to the canonical Gospels, was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. The Gospels also name some brothers of ...
Mary, mother of Jesus
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jews, Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Saint Joseph, Jose ...
* Yosef Ortiz Payes (2011-) American (Flavius Josephus), Jewish general and historian
* Yossi Avni-Levy (1962–), Israeli writer and diplomat
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Yossef Bodansky
Yossef Bodansky (May 1, 1954 – December 5, 2021) was an Israeli-American political scientist who served as Director of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare of the US House of Representatives from 1988 to 2004. He ...
, Israeli-American political scientist
*Yosef Asaf Borger, Israeli DJ, electronic music producer and rapper known as Borgore
* (Yosef) Joseph Caro (1488–1575), Spanish-Ottoman Talmid Chacham and author of the Shulchan Aruch
* (Yossef) Joseph Cedar (1968–), Israeli film director and screenwriter
* (Yosef) Josy Eisenberg (1933–2017), French television producer
* Yosef Elboim, Israeli rabbi, founder and head of the Movement for the Establishment of the 3rd Jerusalem Temple
* Yosef Garfinkel (1956–), Israeli archaeologist
* Yossef Gutfreund (1932–1972), Israeli wrestling judge
* Yossef Harmelin (1922–1994), Austrian-Israeli civil servant and ambassador
* Yosef Yozel Horwitz (1847–1919), "The Alter of Novardok", Belarusian rabbi
* Yosef Kapach (1917–2000), Yemenite scholar
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Yosef Karduner
Yosef Karduner ( he, יוסף קרדונר, born 1969) is an Israeli Hasidic singer, songwriter, and composer. His biggest hit, ''Shir LaMaalot'' (Psalm 121), appeared on his debut album, ''Road Marks'' (2000).
Biography
Born Gilad Kardunos, he ...
(1969–, born Gilad Kardunos), Israeli
Hasidic
Hasidism, sometimes spelled Chassidism, and also known as Hasidic Judaism (Ashkenazi Hebrew: חסידות ''Ḥăsīdus'', ; originally, "piety"), is a Jewish religious group that arose as a spiritual revival movement in the territory of contem ...
singer-songwriter
* (Yossef) Joseph Klausner (1874–1958), Lithuanian-Israeli historian and professor of Hebrew literature
* (Yosef) Joseph Kossonogi (1908–1981), Hungarian-Israeli painter
* Yossef "Tommy" Lapid (1931–2008, born Tomislav Lampel), Hungarian-Israeli radio and television presenter, journalist, politician and government minister
* Yosef Mizrachi (1968–), Israeli-American rabbi
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Yosef Reinman
Yaakov Yosef Reinman is an American Orthodox rabbi and writer, historian, and scholar. His monographs and articles have appeared in many Jewish periodicals and his study of Talmudic contractual law is a text used in yeshivas throughout the world. I ...
, American rabbi and author
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Yossef Romano
Yossef Romano ( he, יוסף רומנו; 15 April 1940 – 5 September 1972), also known as Joseph Romano or Yossi Romano, was a Libyan-born Israeli weightlifter with the Israeli team that went to the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Ger ...
(1940–1972), Israeli weightlifter, held hostage and killed during the Munich massacre by Palestinian terrorists
* Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (1880–1950), Sixth Chabad Rebbe
* Yosef Tekoah (1925–1991), Israeli diplomat and President of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
* Yosef Weitz (1890–1972), Russian-Israeli director of the Land and Afforestation Department of the Jewish National Fund
* (Yossef) Joseph Zaritsky (1891–1985), Russian-Israeli artist
Surname
* Elie Yossef, Israeli-British educator and political activist
* Jwan Yosef (1984–), Syrian-Swedish painter and artist
* Menasheh ben Yosef ben Yisrael (1604–1657), Portuguese rabbi, kabbalist, writer, diplomat, printer and publisher, founder of the first Hebrew printing press (named Emeth Me'erets Titzmah')
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Ya'akov Yosef
Ya'akov Yosef ( he, יעקב יוסף; 18 October 1946 – 12 April 2013) was an Israeli rabbi and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shas between 1984 and 1988.
Early life
Ya'akov Yosef (Jacob Joseph) was born in Jerusale ...
(1946–2013), Israeli rabbi and member of the Knesset
See also
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Hebrew name
A Hebrew name is a name of Hebrew origin. In a more narrow meaning, it is a name used by Jews only in a religious context and different from an individual's secular name for everyday use.
Names with Hebrew origins, especially those from the H ...