Lexicon
פּוֹטִי פֶ֫רַע
po.ti phe.ra
H6319
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Potiphera

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Hebrew
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po.ti phe.ra is the personal name of Asenath’s father, identified as priest of On in Joseph’s family setting.

The term is used consistently as the personal name of Asenath’s father, identified as priest of On, in accounts of Joseph’s marriage and sons.

Senses in use

  1. Asenath’s father, priest of On · dominant

    The form is tagged Noun · Proper in each occurrence. In Genesis 41:45 the APB renders Joseph receiving Asenath, described as the daughter of Potiphera priest of On; Genesis 41:50 and Genesis 46:20 repeat that family identification when naming Joseph’s sons.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across all three verses, the APB presents the name as “Potiphera” in the phrase identifying Asenath as the daughter of the priest of On. The verse is read as a whole, but its repeated family description matches the proper-noun use shown by the morphology.

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