Definition
a primitive root; to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
Traditional renderings: add, × again, × any more, × cease, × come more, conceive again, continue, exceed, × further, × gather together, get more, give more-over, × henceforth, increase (more and more), join, × longer (bring, do, make, much, put), × (the, much, yet) more (and more), proceed (further), prolong, put, be (strong-) er, × yet, yield.
Traditional renderings: add, × again, × any more, × cease, × come more, conceive again, continue, exceed, × further, × gather together, get more, give more-over, × henceforth, increase (more and more), join, × longer (bring, do, make, much, put), × (the, much, yet) more (and more), proceed (further), prolong, put, be (strong-) er, × yet, yield.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יָסַף:
- προστίθημιprostithēmi“to add (to)”90%
- πλείων, πλεῖονpleiōn“greater”2%
- συνάγωsunagō“to assemble”2%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
212 total
- Genesis 4:2וַתֹּ֣סֶף · LaterLater she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.
- Genesis 4:12תֹסֵ֥ף · longerWhen you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
- Genesis 8:10וַיֹּ֛סֶף · and againNoah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
- Genesis 8:12יָסְפָ֥ה · but this timeAnd Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.
- Genesis 8:21אֹ֠סִף; אֹסִ֥ף · againWhen the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
- Genesis 18:29וַיֹּ֨סֶף · Once againOnce again Abraham spoke to the LORD, “Suppose forty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the forty, I will not do it.”
- Genesis 25:1וַיֹּ֧סֶף · anotherNow Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,
- Genesis 30:24יֹסֵ֧ף · addShe named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
- Genesis 37:5וַיּוֹסִ֥פוּ · even moreThen Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
- Genesis 37:8וַיּוֹסִ֤פוּ · even more“Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.
- Genesis 38:5וַתֹּ֤סֶף · anotherThen she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
- Genesis 38:26יָסַ֥ף · againJudah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.
- Genesis 44:23תֹסִפ֖וּן · againBut you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
- Exodus 1:10וְנוֹסַ֤ף · may joinCome, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
- Exodus 5:7תֹאסִפ֞וּן · longer“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.
- Exodus 8:29יֹסֵ֤ף · again“As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again by refusing to let the people go and sacrifice to the LORD.”
- Exodus 9:28תֹסִפ֖וּן · any longerPray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”
- Exodus 9:34וַיֹּ֣סֶף · againWhen Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart—he and his officials.
- Exodus 10:28תֹּ֙סֶף֙ · again“Depart from me!” Pharaoh said to Moses. “Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.”
- Exodus 10:29אֹסִ֥ף · again“As you say,” Moses replied, “I will never see your face again.”
- Exodus 11:6תֹסִֽף׃ · againThen a great cry will go out over all the land of Egypt. Such an outcry has never been heard before and will never be heard again.
- Exodus 14:13תֹסִ֛יפוּ · againBut Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.
- Leviticus 5:16יוֹסֵ֣ף · by addingRegarding any holy thing he has harmed, he must make restitution by adding a fifth of its value to it and giving it to the priest, who will make atonement on his behalf with the ram as a guilt offering, and he will be forgiven.
- Leviticus 6:5יֹסֵ֣ף · add…or anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.
- Leviticus 19:25לְהוֹסִ֥יף · will be increasedBut in the fifth year you may eat its fruit; thus your harvest will be increased. I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 22:14וְיָסַ֤ף · he must addIf anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest.
- Leviticus 26:18וְיָסַפְתִּי֙ · I will proceedAnd if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
- Leviticus 26:21וְיָסַפְתִּ֤י · I will multiplyIf you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.
- Leviticus 27:13וְיָסַ֥ף · he must addIf, however, the owner decides to redeem the animal, he must add a fifth to its value.
- Leviticus 27:15וְ֠יָסַף · he must addBut if he who consecrated his house redeems it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it will belong to him.
- Leviticus 27:19וְ֠יָסַף · he must addAnd if the one who consecrated the field decides to redeem it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it shall belong to him.
- Leviticus 27:27וְיָסַ֥ף · and addBut if it is among the unclean animals, then he may redeem it according to your valuation and add a fifth of its value. If it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.
- Leviticus 27:31יֹסֵ֥ף · he must addIf a man wishes to redeem part of his tithe, he must add a fifth to its value.
- Numbers 5:7יֹסֵ֣ף · add…and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution, add a fifth to its value, and give all this to the one he has wronged.
- Numbers 11:25יָסָֽפוּ׃ · did so againThen the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.
- Numbers 22:15וַיֹּ֥סֶף · otherThen Balak sent other princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first messengers.
- Numbers 22:19יֹּסֵ֥ף · elseSo now, please stay here overnight as the others did, that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me.”
- Numbers 22:25וַיֹּ֖סֶף · once againAnd the donkey saw the angel of the LORD and pressed herself against the wall, crushing Balaam’s foot against it. So he beat her once again.
- Numbers 22:26וַיּ֥וֹסֶף · on aheadAnd the angel of the LORD moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn to the right or left.
- Numbers 32:15וְיָסַ֣ף · He will once againFor if you turn away from following Him, He will once again leave this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction.”
- Numbers 36:3וְנוֹסַ֕ף · and addedBut if they marry any of the men from the other tribes of Israel, their inheritance will be withdrawn from the portion of our fathers and added to the tribe into which they marry. So our allotted inheritance would be taken away.
- Numbers 36:4וְנֽוֹסְפָה֙ · will be addedAnd when the Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to the tribe into which they marry and taken away from the tribe of our fathers.”
- Deuteronomy 1:11יֹסֵ֧ף · increase youMay the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over and bless you as He has promised.
- Deuteronomy 3:26תּ֗וֹסֶף · MeBut the LORD was angry with me on account of you, and He would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the LORD said to me. “Do not speak to Me again about this matter.
- Deuteronomy 4:2תֹסִ֗פוּ · addYou must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.
- Deuteronomy 5:22יָסָ֑ף · He addedThe LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
- Deuteronomy 5:25יֹסְפִ֣ים׀But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer.
- Deuteronomy 12:32תֹסֵ֣ף · addSee that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
- Deuteronomy 13:11יוֹסִ֣פוּ · againThen all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you.