Yosef (יוסף) means Giuseppe in Hebrew.
It can also mean Joseph, Jozef, Yusuf, José, and Józef. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
Giuseppe, Joseph, Jozef, Yusuf
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Yosef.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1דמות מקראית. בנו של יעקב מרחל, אבי השבטים אפרים ומנשה.
וְיִשְׂרָאֵל אָהַב אֶת-יוֹסֵף מִכָּל-בָּנָיו כִּי-בֶן-זְקֻנִים הוּא לוֹ וְעָשָׂה לוֹ כְּתֹנֶת פַּסִּים.
- 2שם פרטי לזכר.
לְמַטֵּה יִשָּׂשׂכָר; יִגְאָל בֶּן־יוֹסֵף.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Yosef is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- יוֹסֵף
- Written without vowel points
- יוסף
- Said
- yosef
- Root
- י־ס־פ
- Feminine form
- יוֹסֵפָה
- Inflections
- נ' יוֹסֵפָה
- Gematria
- 156
This is how Yosef is said in other languages.
- English
- Giuseppe, Joseph, Jozef, Yusuf, José, Józef
These words rhyme with Yosef.
The word Yosef is part of these phrases and sayings.
- בן פורת יוסף
- לא ידע את יוסף
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Yosef comes from the root י־ס־פ, like these words.
These words come before and after Yosef in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Yosef.
What does Yosef (יוסף) mean in Hebrew?
Yosef (יוסף) means Giuseppe, Joseph, and Jozef. It is said yosef, with the stress on sef.
What rhymes with Yosef (יוסף)?
Words that rhyme with Yosef (יוסף) include טורף, מדחף, זקף, מאסף, ענף, and היקף.
Is Yosef (יוסף) masculine or feminine?
The word Yosef (יוסף) is a masculine noun.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry יוסף of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.