Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
KJV Usage: add, X again, X any more, X cease, X come more, + conceive again, continue, exceed, X further, X gather together, get more, give more-over, X henceforth, increase (more and more), join, X longer (bring, do, make, much, put), X (the, much, yet) more (and more), proceed (further), prolong, put, be (strong-) er, X yet, yield
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
יָסַף (ya.saph) — to add: again. : again/continue/more[instances] 1) to add, increase, do again 1a) (Qal) to add, increase, do again 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to join, join oneself to 1b2) to be joined, be added to 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to add, increase 1c2) to do more, do again
יָסַף (ya.saph) — to add. : add/more[amount] 1) to add, increase, do again 1a) (Qal) to add, increase, do again 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to join, join oneself to 1b2) to be joined, be added to 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to add, increase 1c2) to do more, do again
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · אֶלְיָסָף · יֹוסֵף · יֹוסִפְיָה
Quantity | verb hif, verb qal, verb nif | ≈ ספה
to add, to increase = action by which humans or deities add to an existing number of entities
GEN 30:24 · EXO 1:10 · LEV 5:16 · LEV 5:24 · LEV 19:25 · LEV 22:14 · LEV 27:13 · LEV 27:15 · LEV 27:19 · LEV 27:27 · LEV 27:31 · NUM 5:7 · NUM 36:3 · NUM 36:4 · DEU 1:11 · DEU 19:9 · 2SA 12:8 · 2SA 24:3 · 1CH 21:3 · 1CH 22:14 · JOB 42:10 · PSA 115:14 · PRO 11:24 · PRO 19:4 · PRO 23:28 · ISA 15:9 · ISA 26:15 · ISA 26:15
Frequency | verb hif, verb qal
to do again, to repeat, to continue = process by which an action is repeated or continued
GEN 4:2 · GEN 4:12 · GEN 8:10 · GEN 8:12 · GEN 8:21 · GEN 8:21 · GEN 18:29 · GEN 25:1 · GEN 37:5 · GEN 37:8 · GEN 38:5 · GEN 38:26 · GEN 44:23 · EXO 5:7 · EXO 8:25 · EXO 9:28 · EXO 9:34 · EXO 10:28 · EXO 10:29 · EXO 11:6 · EXO 14:13 · LEV 26:18 · LEV 26:21 · NUM 11:25 · NUM 22:15 · NUM 22:19 · NUM 22:25 · NUM 22:26 · NUM 32:15 · DEU 3:26 · DEU 5:22 · DEU 5:25 · DEU 13:12 · DEU 17:16 · DEU 18:16 · DEU 19:20 · DEU 20:8 · DEU 25:3 · DEU 25:3 · DEU 28:68 · JOS 7:12 · JOS 23:13 · JDG 2:21 · JDG 3:12 · JDG 4:1 · JDG 8:28 · JDG 9:37 · JDG 10:6 · JDG 10:13 · JDG 11:14 · JDG 13:1 · JDG 13:21 · JDG 20:22 · JDG 20:23 · JDG 20:28 · RUT 1:17 · 1SA 3:6 · 1SA 3:8 · 1SA 3:17 · 1SA 3:21 · 1SA 7:13 · 1SA 9:8 · 1SA 14:44 · 1SA 15:35 · 1SA 18:29 · 1SA 19:8 · 1SA 19:21 · 1SA 20:13 · 1SA 20:17 · 1SA 23:4 · 1SA 25:22 · 1SA 27:4 · 2SA 2:22 · 2SA 2:28 · 2SA 3:9 · 2SA 3:34 · 2SA 3:35 · 2SA 5:22 · 2SA 7:10 · 2SA 7:20 · 2SA 14:10 · 2SA 18:22 · 2SA 19:14 · 2SA 24:1 · 1KI 2:23 · 1KI 16:33 · 1KI 19:2 · 1KI 20:10 · 2KI 6:23 · 2KI 6:31 · 2KI 19:30 · 2KI 21:8 · 2KI 24:7 · 1CH 14:13 · 1CH 17:9 · 1CH 17:18 · 2CH 28:22 · 2CH 33:8 · EST 8:3 · JOB 20:9 · JOB 27:1 · JOB 29:1 · JOB 34:32 · JOB 36:1 · JOB 38:11 · JOB 40:5 · JOB 40:32 · PSA 10:18 · PSA 41:9 · PSA 77:8 · PSA 78:17 · PRO 19:19 · PRO 23:35 · ISA 1:5 · ISA 1:13 · ISA 7:10 · ISA 8:5 · ISA 10:20 · ISA 11:11 · ISA 23:12 · ISA 24:20 · ISA 29:14 · ISA 29:19 · ISA 37:31 · ISA 47:1 · ISA 47:5 · ISA 51:22 · ISA 52:1 · JER 31:12 · LAM 4:15 · LAM 4:16 · LAM 4:22 · EZK 36:12 · DAN 10:18 · HOS 1:6 · HOS 9:15 · HOS 13:2 · JOL 2:2 · AMO 5:2 · AMO 7:8 · AMO 7:13 · AMO 8:2 · JON 2:5 · NAM 2:1 · ZEP 3:11
Engage | verb hif, verb qal, verb nif
to add literally: to add (an activity to one's activities); hence: = action by which humans add additional activities to those that they are currently engaged in
DEU 4:2 · DEU 13:1 · 1SA 12:19 · JOB 34:37 · PRO 30:6 · ISA 29:1 · JER 7:21 · JER 36:32
Engage | verb hif, verb qal
to add literally: to add (an activity to someone else's activities); hence: = causative action by which humans or deities add additional activities to those that other humans or deities are currently engaged in
1KI 12:11 · 1KI 12:14 · 2CH 10:11 · 2CH 10:14 · 2CH 28:13 · EZR 10:10 · NEH 13:18 · PSA 120:3 · PRO 3:2 · PRO 10:22 · ECC 3:14 · JER 45:3 · EZK 5:16
Intense | verb hif, verb qal, verb hof
to increase (in a quality), to grow literally: to add; hence: = process by which a certain quality of humans increases in intensity, either in actual fact or in the eyes of others
1KI 10:7 · 2CH 9:6 · JOB 17:9 · PRO 1:5 · PRO 9:9 · PRO 16:21 · PRO 16:23 · ECC 1:16 · ECC 1:18 · ECC 1:18 · DAN 4:33
Intense | verb hif
to increase, to carry further literally: to add; hence: = action by which humans increase the intensity of their engagement in a particular activity
Respect | verb hif | ≈ גדל
to become greater literally: to grow; hence: = process by which humans receive additional honor and respect
Old | verb hif
Collocation: שָׁנֹות יסף
years are added (to one's) life, to live a long time literally: years are added (to one's) life; hence: = process by which humans are allowed to live longer than expected
1 1CH 17:18 The verb דבר, which is in the parallel text of 2SA 7:20 is missing here. 2 ISA 11:11 It seems that the verb (possibly נטה "to stretch out") has been elided here.
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
יָסַף 214 vb. add Qal add
Niph. join (intr.), join oneself to
be joined, added to
Hiph. add
sq. inf. add to do = do again or more
sq. Impf.
sq. Impf. asynd.
base