יוסף
יוֹסֵף
'Joseph (man's name)'

ETYMOLOGY

Although the holam is generally represented as usual in Northeastern as /ei/ and in Central as /oi/, Max Weinreich has no explanation for the /o/ in Southeastern /josəf/ (which American Hasidim, at least, maintain, for example, in יוסף־שפּיל 'traditional play about Joseph').

WESTERN

Der Cheen von Jossef!

CENTRAL

HASIDIC

AMERICA

ˈjɔsəf

ISRAEL

yoysef {JERUSALEMITE, Assouline 2014: 47}