יָסַף

Strong’s Definition

to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

add, [idiom] again, [idiom] any more, [idiom] cease, [idiom] come more, [phrase] conceive again, continue, exceed, [idiom] further, [idiom] gather together, get more, give more-over, [idiom] henceforth, increase (more and more), join, [idiom] longer (bring, do, make, much, put), [idiom] (the, much, yet) more (and more), proceed (further), prolong, put, be (strong-) er, [idiom] yet, yield.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to add, increase, do again
• 2.(qal) to add, increase, do again
• 3.(niphal)
• 4.(hiphil)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: yâçaph; Pronunciation: yaw-saf'