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title: אָסְנַת — Asenath · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָסְנַת (621), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Asenath. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָסְנַת

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«אָסְנַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Asenath** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 621 · **BDB:** אָֽסְנַת

### Glosses

Asenath (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Asenath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/621/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/621/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. wife of Joseph (𝔊 Ἀσεννεθ, 𝔊L Ἀσσενεθ; Egyptian, = belonging to (goddess) Neith (Thes); CookSpeaker’s Comm. i.479 proposes either As-Neit, favourite of Neith, or Isis-Neit) Gn 41:45, 50; 46:20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָסְנַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/621/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 41:50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.41.50/)

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וּלְיוֹסֵ֤ף יֻלַּד֙ שְׁנֵ֣י בָנִ֔ים בְּטֶ֥רֶם תָּב֖וֹא שְׁנַ֣ת הָרָעָ֑ב אֲשֶׁ֤ר יָֽלְדָה־לּוֹ֙ אָֽסְנַ֔ת בַּת־פּ֥וֹטִי פֶ֖רַע פּ֥וֹטִי פֶ֖רַע כֹּהֵ֥ן אֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and to Joseph it.was.born two sons before it.came the.year of.(the) famine whom she.bore to him Asenath the.daughter of Potiphera the.priest of.On

*JPS 1917:* And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On bore unto him.

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[Genesis 46:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.46.20/)

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וַיִּוָּלֵ֣ד לְיוֹסֵף֮ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַיִם֒ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יָֽלְדָה־לּוֹ֙ אָֽסְנַ֔ת בַּת־פּ֥וֹטִי פֶ֖רַע פּ֥וֹטִי פֶ֖רַע כֹּהֵ֣ן אֹ֑ן אֶת־מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה וְאֶת־אֶפְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and it.was.born to Joseph in the.land of.Egypt \[those\].whom she.bore to him Asenath the.daughter of Potiphera the.priest of.On (et) Manasseh and (et) Ephraim

*JPS 1917:* And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On bore unto him.

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