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Manasses
Origin
Word/name
Hebrew
Other names
Related names
Manasseh
Manasses or Manasseh (/məˈnæsə/;[1]Hebrew: מְנַשֶּׁה, Mənaše) is a
biblical Hebrew name for men. It is the given name of seven people of the Bible, the name of a tribe of Israel, and the name of one of the apocryphal writings. The name is also used in the modern world.
Biblical individuals
Son of Joseph
Manasses[a] was the eldest son of
Joseph and the Egyptian
Asenath (Genesis 41:50-51; 46:20). The name means "he that causes to forget"; Joseph assigned the reason for its bestowal: "God hath made me to forget all my toils, and my father's house" (Genesis 41:51). Jacob blessed Manasses (Genesis 48); but gave preference to the younger son
Ephraim, despite the father's protestations in favour of Manasses. By this blessing, Jacob put Manasses and Ephraim in the same class with
Ruben and
Simeon (verses 3-5), and gave foundation for the admission of the tribes of Manasses and Ephraim.
Manasses was a character in the Story of Ahikar (not in
Vulgata, but in Septuagint) told by
Tobit on the point of death. The
Vatican Manuscript mentions Manasses (Manassês) as one "who gave alms and escaped the snare of death". The
Sinaitic Manuscript mentions no one, but clearly refers the almsgiving and escape to Achiacharus (Ahikar). The reading of the Vatican Manuscript may be an error.
Sons of Ezra's companions
Manasses was a son of
Bani, one of the companions of
Esdras who married foreign wives (Ezra 10:30).
Another Manasses was the son of
Hasom, another of the same companions of Esdras (Ezra 10:33).
Ancestor of Jonathan
Manasses (according to k’thibh of
Massoretic Text and Septuagint) was ancestor of
Jonathan, a priest of the
tribe of Dan (Judges 18:30). The Vulgate and k’ri of the Massoretic Text give
Moses, the correct reading.
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