פוטיפר
Hebrew
Etymology
From Egyptian pꜣ-dj-pꜣ-rꜥ, meaning "he whom Ra gave."
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /po.ti.ˈfaʁ/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /poː.tˤiː.ˈfaʀ/
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /poː.tˤiː.ˈpʰar/
Proper noun
פּוֹטִיפַר • (potifár) m
- Potiphar, an Egyptian figure in Genesis
- Tanach, Genesis 37:36, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְהַ֨מְּדָנִ֔ים מָכְר֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ אֶל־מִצְרָ֑יִם לְפֽוֹטִיפַר֙ סְרִ֣יס פַּרְעֹ֔ה שַׂ֖ר הַטַּבָּחִֽים׃
- v'ham'daním makhrú otó el mitsráyim l'fotifár s'rís par'ó sar hatabakhím.
- The Midianites, meanwhile, sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, a courtier of Pharaoh and his chief steward.