Manasses or Manasseh ( / m ə ˈ n æ s ə / ; 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.
16-520: Manasses 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
32-491: A hapax legomenon – the word שכל ( sh-k-l ) – which classical rabbinical literature has interpreted in esoteric manners; some rabbinical sources connect the term with sekel , meaning mind / wisdom , and view it as indicating that Jacob was entirely aware of who he was actually blessing; other rabbinical sources connect the term with shikkel , viewing it as signifying that Jacob was despoiling Manasseh in favour of Ephraim; yet other rabbinical sources argue that it refers to
48-673: A part in the up-bringing of Machir and his children. In the Torah 's account of the journey of the Israelites after the Exodus , Machir (the individual) is portrayed as conquering the territories known as Gilead and Bashan , which had previously been occupied by Amorites . Half of the tribe of Manasseh , those descended from Machir, are described as having settled in Gilead and Bashan, and consequently they were important in Gilead's history. According to
64-457: Is counted as the father of the Israelite Tribe of Manasseh , one of the twelve tribes of Israel . Jacob also blessed Ephraim over his older brother ( Genesis 48:20 ). Manasseh had a son, Asriel , with his wife; and Machir with his Aramean concubine ( 1 Chronicles 7:14 ). Numbers 32:41 and Deuteronomy 3:14 refer to a son called Jair , who "took all the region of Argob , as far as
80-878: The Book of Genesis , the first son of Joseph and Asenath ( Genesis 41:50–52 ). Asenath was an Egyptian woman whom the Pharaoh gave to Joseph as wife, and the daughter of Potipherah , a priest of On ( Genesis 41:50–52 ). Manasseh was born in Egypt before the arrival of the children of Israel from Canaan ( Genesis 48:5 ). According to the biblical account in Genesis 41:51, the name Manasseh (given to him by Joseph) means "God has made me forget". Jacob, Joseph 's father, adopted Joseph's two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim , to share in Jacob's inheritance equally with Jacob's own sons ( Genesis 48:5 ). Manasseh
96-527: The Catholic Church as a saint, whose feast day is 3 November or 19 December. Machir For other uses, see Machir (disambiguation) . Machir or Makir ( Hebrew : מָכִיר Māḵîr , "bartered") was the name of two figures in the Hebrew Bible : Machir was the son of Manasseh , grandson of Joseph , and father of Gilead . Joseph lived to see and to play
112-677: The Revised Version ) render the same text as born upon Joseph's knees ; the gloss for this passage given by some English translations (such as the New International Version ) is that the grandchildren were adopted by Joseph as his own children, at the moment they were born. In the Torah, the eventual precedence of the tribe of Ephraim is argued to derive from Joseph tricking Jacob, blind and on his deathbed, into blessing Ephraim before Manasseh. The text describing this blessing features
128-580: The United States was primarily descended from the Tribe of Manasseh after Assyrian captivity and subsequent migrations. British Israelite theories are uniformly rejected by mainstream modern scholarship. Despite the absence of any credible evidence these theories still garner support from some fundamentalist Christians, e.g., the Philadelphia Church of God (pcg.church) . As Manasses , he is venerated in
144-671: The border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and [who] called Bashan after his own name, Havoth Jair . In the Biblical account, Joseph's other son is Ephraim , and Joseph himself is one of the two children of Rachel and Jacob , the other being Benjamin . Biblical scholars regard it as obvious, from their geographic overlap and their treatment in older passages, that originally Manasseh and Ephraim were considered one tribe - that of Joseph ; according to several biblical scholars, Benjamin
160-670: The power of Jacob to instruct and guide the Holy Spirit . The Targum Pseudo-Jonathan argues that Manasseh had been a steward in Joseph's household, and had acted as an interpreter between Joseph and his other brothers; this targum also mentions that Manasseh had unusually large strength. Author Herbert W. Armstrong of the Worldwide Church of God (1933 to 1986), in a book called The United States and Great Britain in Prophecy , claimed
176-632: The same class with Ruben and Simeon (verses 3-5), and gave foundation for the admission of the tribes of Manasses and Ephraim. Manasses, Judith 's husband, died of sunstroke in Bethulia (Judith 8:2-3). 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
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#1732851104217192-527: 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. 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). Manasses (according to k’thibh of Massoretic Text and Septuagint)
208-568: The story of Jacob's visit to Laban to obtain a wife originated as a metaphor for this migration, with the property and family which were gained from Laban representing the gains of the Joseph tribes by the time they returned from Egypt; according to textual scholars, the Jahwist version of the Laban narrative only mentions the Joseph tribes, and Rachel, and doesn't mention the other tribal matriarchs at all. The Book of Chronicles states that Manasseh
224-641: Was also originally part of this single tribe, but the biblical account of Joseph as his father became lost. A number of biblical scholars suspect that the distinction of the Joseph tribes (including Benjamin) is that they were the only Israelites which went to Egypt and returned , while the main Israelite tribes simply emerged as a subculture from the Canaanites and had remained in Canaan throughout. According to this view,
240-641: 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. Manasseh was the thirteenth King of Judah , and son and successor to Hezekiah ( 2 Kings 20:21 sq.). Notable people bearing the regnal , religious , or given name Manasses, Manasseh or Menashe include: Manasseh (tribal patriarch) Manasseh ( / m ə ˈ n æ s ə / ) or Menashe ( Hebrew : מְנַשֶּׁה , Modern : Mənašše , Tiberian : Mănašše ) was, according to
256-649: Was married to an Aramean concubine , and that they had two sons, named Asriel and Machir ; in the Torah's genealogy of Manasseh's family, which textual scholars ascribe to the earlier priestly source , Asriel instead appears to be the son of Gilead , the son of Machir. Near the end of the book of Genesis , according to some English translations of the Bible (such as the King James Version ), Manasseh's grandchildren are described as having been brought up upon Joseph's knees , while other English translations (such as
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