Manasseh

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Manasseh or Menashshe (Hebrew: מְנַשֶּׁה, Standard Mənašše Tiberian Mənaššeh Samaritan Manaṯ ; from the root נשה našah "to forget") was the name of several individuals from the Old Testament.

  1. Manasseh, the elder of the two sons of Joseph. He and his brother Ephraim were afterwards adopted by Jacob as his own sons (Genesis 48:1). His sons were Asriel and Machir, who was born to him by an Aramean concubine (1 Chronicles 7:14); and the only thing afterwards recorded of him is that his grandchildren were "brought up upon Joseph's knees" (Gen. 50:23; R.V., "born upon Joseph's knees") i.e., were from their birth adopted by Joseph as his own children. He is considered the founder of the Tribe of Manasseh.
  2. Yehonatan ben Gershom ben Menashe (Jonathan son of Gershom son of Manasseh) is an idol-worshipper in the Book of Judges. In Judges 18:30 the correct reading could possibly read Moshe (משה, "Moses,") and not Menashe (מנשה, "Manasseh")." There is a scribal oddity in this verse that presents the name as מנשה, with the "נ" superscripted, something that does not happen elsewhere in the bible. Rashi and other sages indicate that the name probably originally was Moshe, but was changed to Menashe to not scandalize the lawgiver. [1]
  3. Manasseh of Judah, a king of the kingdom of Judah.


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  1. ^ Kol Chovevei Torah: Moshe's Unique Prophesy by Rabbi David Almog and Lisa Bennett Almog

This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.

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