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title: פּוֹטִיפַר — Potiphar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פּוֹטִיפַר (6318), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Potiphar. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פּוֹטִיפַר

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«פּוֹטִיפַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Potiphar** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 6318 · **BDB:** פּוֹטִיפַר

### Glosses

Potiphar (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Potiphar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6318/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6318/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Joseph’s master (abbrev. from foll.);—Gn 37:36 (E), 39:1 (RJ), Πετεφρης, etc.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 «פּוֹטִיפַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6318/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 37:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.37.36/)

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וְהַ֨מְּדָנִ֔ים מָכְר֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ אֶל־מִצְרָ֑יִם לְפֽוֹטִיפַר֙ סְרִ֣יס פַּרְעֹ֔ה שַׂ֖ר הַטַּבָּחִֽים׃פ

*Word for word:* and the Midianites they.sold him into Egypt to Potiphar an.official of.Pharaoh the.commander of the.bodyguards

*JPS 1917:* And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.

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[Genesis 39:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.39.1/)

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וְיוֹסֵ֖ף הוּרַ֣ד מִצְרָ֑יְמָה וַיִּקְנֵ֡הוּ פּוֹטִיפַר֩ סְרִ֨יס פַּרְעֹ֜ה שַׂ֤ר הַטַּבָּחִים֙ אִ֣ישׁ מִצְרִ֔י מִיַּד֙ הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר הוֹרִדֻ֖הוּ שָֽׁמָּה׃

*Word for word:* and Joseph he.had.been.brought.down to Egypt and he bought.him Potiphar the.official of.Pharaoh the.commander of the.bodyguards a.man an.Egyptian from the.hand of the.Ishmaelites who they had.brought.him.down to (to)

*JPS 1917:* And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites, that had brought him down thither.

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