Manasseh
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Manasseh is an ancient Hebrew male name, meaning "causing to forget". Manasseh may refer to:
Given name
- Manasseh of JudahManasseh of JudahManasseh was a king of the Kingdom of Judah. He was the only son of Hezekiah with Hephzi-bah. He became king at an age 12 years and reigned for 55 years. Edwin Thiele has concluded that he commenced his reign as co-regent with his father Hezekiah in 697/696 BC, with his sole reign beginning in...
, a kingMonarchA monarch is the person who heads a monarchy. This is a form of government in which a state or polity is ruled or controlled by an individual who typically inherits the throne by birth and occasionally rules for life or until abdication...
of the kingdom of JudahKingdom of JudahThe Kingdom of Judah was a Jewish state established in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. It is often referred to as the "Southern Kingdom" to distinguish it from the northern Kingdom of Israel.... - Manasseh (tribal patriarch)Manasseh (tribal patriarch)Manasseh or Menashe was, according to the Book of Genesis, the first son of Joseph and Asenath. Asenath was an Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph as wife, and the daughter of Potipherah, a priest of On. Manasseh was born in Egypt before the arrival of the children of Israel from Canaan...
, a son of Joseph, according to the TorahTorahTorah- A scroll containing the first five books of the BibleThe Torah , is name given by Jews to the first five books of the bible—Genesis , Exodus , Leviticus , Numbers and Deuteronomy Torah- A scroll containing the first five books of the BibleThe Torah , is name given by Jews to the first five... - Manasseh, a Jewish-born priest who married a SamaritanSamaritanThe Samaritans are an ethnoreligious group of the Levant. Religiously, they are the adherents to Samaritanism, an Abrahamic religion closely related to Judaism...
and withdrew from Jerusalem to Mount GerizimMount GerizimMount Gerizim is one of the two mountains in the immediate vicinity of the West Bank city of Nablus , and forms the southern side of the valley in which Nablus is situated,... - Menasseh or Manasseh was the name of two Khazar rulers of the Bulanid dynasty:
- Menasseh I, mid to late 9th century CE
- Menasseh II, late 9th century CE
- Manasseh (High PriestKohen GadolThe High Priest was the chief religious official of Israelite religion and of classical Judaism from the rise of the Israelite nation until the destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem...
), the ancestor of a priest named JonathanJonathan (Judges)Jonathan is a figure appearing in the account of Micah's Idol in the Book of Judges, in which he is appointed as the priest of a shrine; since the shrine contained an ephod and teraphim, Jonathan is referred to as an idol-worshipper by traditional Judaism...
, mentioned in the Book of JudgesBook of JudgesThe Book of Judges is the seventh book of the Hebrew bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its title describes its contents: it contains the history of Biblical judges, divinely inspired prophets whose direct knowledge of Yahweh allows them to act as decision-makers for the Israelites, as...
as being the son of GershomGershomAccording to the Bible, Gershom was the firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah. The name appears to mean a sojourner there , which the text argues was a reference to Moses' flight from Egypt; biblical scholars regard the name as being essentially the same as Gershon, and it is Gershom rather than...
, son of Manasseh - Menashe AmirMenashe AmirMenashe Amir is a long time Persian language broadcaster on the Israel Radio International, a channel of Kol Yisrael . He is a former head of the Israel Broadcasting Authority's Persian language division...
(born 1940), Persian language broadcaster on Israel Radio International - Menashe KadishmanMenashe KadishmanMenashe Kadishman is an Israeli sculptor and painter.-Biography:From 1947 to 1950, Kadishman studied with the Israeli sculptor Moshe Sternschuss at the Avni Institute of Art and Design in Tel Aviv, and in 1954 with the Israeli sculptor Rudi Lehmann in Jerusalem.In 1959, he moved to London, where...
(born 1932), Israeli sculptor and painter - Menashe KleinMenashe KleinRabbi Menashe Klein , also known as the Ungvarer Rebbe , was a Hasidic Rebbe and posek and author of 17 volumes of Mishneh Halachos and other 25 books...
(1924–2011), Hasidic RebbeRebbeRebbe , which means master, teacher, or mentor, is a Yiddish word derived from the Hebrew word Rabbi. It often refers to the leader of a Hasidic Jewish movement...
and posekPosekPosek is the term in Jewish law for "decider"—a legal scholar who decides the Halakha in cases of law where previous authorities are inconclusive or in those situations where no halakhic precedent exists.... - Menashe OppenheimMenashe OppenheimMenashe Oppenheim Menashe Oppenheim Menashe Oppenheim ((Menasha, Menasze Oppenheim, sometimes used pseudonym Mieczyslaw) (1905-1973) Polish Jewish singer, composer, songwriter, collector and performer of folk songs. Born in the eastern borderlands of Poland, in the early thirties he performed at...
(1905–73), Polish Jewish singer, composer, and songwriter
Surname
- Carmela MenasheCarmela MenasheCarmela Menashe is an Israeli journalist serving as a military reporter on IDF issues, on Israel's public radio Kol Yisrael.In 1974, Menashe started working at Kol Yisrael as a secretary. After graduating from a correspondents course, she was appointed the editor of the "Tzivei Keshset" radio...
(born 1949), Israeli journalist - Samuel MenasheSamuel MenasheSamuel Menashe was an American poet. Born in New York City as Samuel Menashe Weisberg, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrant parents, Menashe grew up in Elmhurst, Queens, and graduated from Townsend Harris High School and Queens College. During World War II he served in the US Army infantry, and in...
(1925–2011), American poet - Shalev MenasheShalev MenasheShalev Menashe is an Israeli footballer currently playing at Bnei Yehuda.-Career:Menashe started his senior career with Ironi Rishon Letzion a small club in the Israeli Premier League, but after two solid seasons in Rishon where he helped the team avoid relegation he made a move to Maccabi Petah...
(born 1982), Israeli footballer
Places
- Alfei MenasheAlfei MenasheAlfei Menashe is a Jewish Israeli settlement located in the seam zone on the western edge of the central West Bank. It was granted local council status in 1987. As of 2007, the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics counts 6,200 residents...
, Israeli settlement - Menashe Heights, geographical region in northern Israel
- Ramot MenasheRamot MenasheRamot Menashe is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located on the Menashe plateau between the Carmel mountain range and the Jezreel Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 468...
, kibbutz in northern Israel - Sha'ar MenasheSha'ar MenasheSha'ar Menashe is a village and psychiatric hospital in northern Israel. Located near Pardes Hanna-Karkur with an area of 740 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. It's siutated at the western gate to the land of the Israelite tribe of Menashe...
, Israeli village and psychiatric hospital in northern Israel - Tal MenasheTal MenasheTal Menashe , is a village and an Israeli settlement located on Mount Amir in the Samarian hills on the northwestern edge of the West Bank. The village, under the administrative municipal government of the Shomron Regional Council, is adjacent to Hinanit and Shaked. It was founded in 1999 on state...
, Israeli village
Other
- the Tribe of ManassehTribe of ManassehAccording to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Manasseh was one of the Tribes of Israel. Together with the Tribe of Ephraim, Manasseh also formed the House of Joseph....
, IsraeliteIsraeliteAccording to the Bible the Israelites were a Hebrew-speaking people of the Ancient Near East who inhabited the Land of Canaan during the monarchic period .The word "Israelite" derives from the Biblical Hebrew ישראל...
tribeTribeA tribe, viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states.Many anthropologists use the term tribal society to refer to societies organized largely on the basis of kinship, especially corporate descent groups .Some theorists... - the Bnei MenasheBnei MenasheThe Bnei Menashe are a group of more than 9,000 people from India's North-Eastern border states of Manipur and Mizoram who claim descent from one of the Lost Tribes of Israel. The claim appeared after a Pentecostalist dreamt in 1951 that his people's pre-Christian religion was Judaism and that...
("Children of Manasseh"), group from northeast India who claim descent from one of the Ten Lost TribesTen Lost TribesThe Ten Lost Tribes of Israel refers to those tribes of ancient Israel that formed the Kingdom of Israel and which disappeared from Biblical and all other historical accounts after the kingdom was destroyed in about 720 BC by ancient Assyria...
of IsraelIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea... - Menashe Regional CouncilMenashe Regional CouncilThe Menashe Regional Council is a regional council near the city of Hadera, on Israel's north-central coastal plain in the southern Haifa District.-List of localities:...
, Israeli regional council near the city of Hadera - Prayer of ManassehPrayer of ManassehThe Prayer of Manasseh is a short work of 15 verses of the penitential prayer of king Manasseh of Judah. Manasseh is recorded in the Bible as one of the most idolatrous kings of Judah . Chronicles, but not Kings, records that Manasseh was taken captive by the Assyrians...