Lexical Definition

‎צׇפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ‎ Tsophnath Paʻnêach (tsof-nath' pah-nay'-akh) Zaphenath-paneah ^N:N-M-P
of Egyptian derivation

Zaphnath-paaneah.

• § Zaphnath-paaneah = "treasury of the glorious rest"
• Tsophnath-Paneach, Joseph's Egyptian name

1) a name given by Pharaoh to Joseph

Extended Information

name of: יוֹסֵף

• A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.24
• son of: Israel (יִשְׂרָאֵל) and Rachel (רָחֵל)
• brother of: Benjamin (בִּנְיָמִין)
• half-brother of: Reuben (רְאוּבֵן), Simeon (שִׁמְעוֹן), Levi (לֵוִי), Judah (יְהוּדָה), Dan (דָּן), Naphtali (נַפְתָּלִי), Gad (גָּד), Asher (אָשֵׁר), Issachar (יִשָּׂשכָר), Zebulun (זְבוּלוּן) and Dinah (דִּינָה); married to Asenath (אָסְנַת)
• father of: Manasseh (מְנַשֶּׁה) and Ephraim (אֶפְרַיִם); also called Zaphenath-paneah at Gen.41.45
• Another name of yo.seph (‎יו‎ֹ‎ס‎ֵ‎ף‎ "Joseph" יוֹסֵף)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎צָֽפְנַת פַּעְנֵהַ‎ proper name, masculine (< vocaliz. ‚apn§t§ph ±œn— i.e. the god speaks and he lives, Egyptian D(d)-pnt(r)-§f-±n— (D§-pnut§-ef-±œn—), see Steind^{ÄZ 1889, 41 f.; 1892. 50 ff.}, so Eb^{Smith DB} (2), 1798 b Brugsch, see Dr^{Hast. ii. 775a n. §}, Crum^{ib. i. 665 b Griffith ib.iii. 819 b}); — Egyptian name given to Joseph Gen 41:45, Ψονθομφανηχ, ᵐ5 L Ψομʹ.

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