אסנת

Egyptian in origin. Reconstructed as js (“that, for”) +‎ .w (third person pronoun) +‎ n (“of”) +‎ nt (“Neith”), producing "belonging to Neith."

• IPA^(key): (Modern Israeli Hebrew) /osˈnat/, (formal) /as(e)ˈnat/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˌʔɔ.săˈnaːθ/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.snəs/

אׇסְנַת • (osnát)

1. (biblical) Asenath (an Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph, son of Jacob, to be his wife, and who bore him two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim)
   • Tanach, Genesis 41:45, with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:

     וַיִּקְרָא פַרְעֹה שֵׁם־יוֹסֵף צׇפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ וַיִּתֶּן־לוֹ אֶת־אׇסְנַת בַּת־פּוֹטִי פֶרַע כֹּהֵן אֹן לְאִשָּׁה וַיֵּצֵא יוֹסֵף עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם׃

     vayikrá far'ó shem yoséf tsofnát pa'néakh vayitén-lo et-osnát bat poti féra' kohén ón l'ishá vayetsé yoséf 'al-érets mitsráyim.

     Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Tzaphnath Paaneach. He gave him Asenath, daughter of Poti Phera, the priest of On, as a wife. Joseph thus went out to oversee Egypt.

2. a female given name

• → Ancient Greek: Ἀσενέθ (Asenéth)
  • → Latin: Aseneth
  • → Old Armenian: Ասենեթ (Asenetʻ)
• → English: Asenath