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pōṭīfar פּוֹטִיפַר ‘Potiphar’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of Egyptian origin

pōṭīfar pr n m pers
Potiphar = "belonging to the sun"
1) an officer of Pharaoh, chief of the executioners, and the master to whom Joseph was sold as a slave

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2014 — 2026 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
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