Every Name in Tanakh

יְהוֹסֵף Joseph

Every verse in which this name stands — 1 place, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 161×1 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A son of Jacob. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at Psalms 81:6.

Psalms 81:6תהלים פא:ו

עֵדוּת בִּֽיהוֹסֵף שָׂמוֹ בְּצֵאתוֹ עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם שְׂפַת לֹא־יָדַעְתִּי אֶשְׁמָֽע

He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when He went forth against the land of Egypt. The speech of one that I knew not did I hear:

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Joseph?

Joseph — יהוסף in Hebrew — has a gematria of 161 in the standard method.

How many times is Joseph named in the Tanakh?

1 time, first at Psalms 81:6.

A spelling is not a name. The written word ביהוסף stands 1 time in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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