H6318

פּוֹטִיפַר

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Potiphar

A man of the Egyptians living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.37.36 § Potiphar = "belonging to the sun" an officer of Pharaoh, chief of the executioners, and the master to whom Joseph was sold as a slave

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

פּוֺטִיפַר proper name, masculine Joseph's master (abbreviated from following); — Gen 37:36 (E), Gen 39:1 (RJ), Πετεφρης, etc.


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