צפנת פענח

From צׇפְנַת (tsofnat, “a hidden thing”) +‎ פַּעְנֵחַ (pa'neakh, “he must decipher”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Egyptologists have interpreted the final element of the name as containing the Egyptian word ꜥnḫ "life"; in 1889 Georg Steindorff offered a tentative full reconstruction of *ḏd-pꜣ-nṯr-jw.f-ꜥnḫ, “the god speaks [and] he lives”.

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /t͡sofˈnat paˈne.aχ/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /t͡sɔfˈnaːθ paʕˈneːaħ/

צׇפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ • (tsofnát pa'néakh)

1. Zaphnath-Paaneah, an epithet of Joseph.
   • 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.