To add
יְסַףStrong’s H3255yesaph (ye-saph)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Yesaph is the Aramaic word usually translated “it was added”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me.”
Meaning
- To add(Hophal) to be added
How it's translated
- it was added 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 1
1 book in all.
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Aramaic dictionary
יְסַף yesaph · to add
1) to add 1a) (Hophal) to be added
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “add” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ADD, verb transitive
[Latin addo, from ad and do, to give.]
- To set or put together, join or unite, as one thing or sum to another, in an agreegate; as, add three to four, the sum is seven.
- To unite in idea or consideration; to subjoin.
- To increase number.“Thou shalt add three cities more of refuge” Deuteronomy 19:9
- To augment.“Ye shall not add to the word which I command you” Deuteronomy 4:2
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.