אסנת

עברית

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אסנת

/osˈnat/ Modern Israeli
/as(e)ˈnat/ formal
/ˌʔɔ.săˈnaːθ/
/ˈɔ.snəs/

Where it comes from

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

proper noun אׇסְנַת · osnát

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

In English

Asenath Joseph's wife

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"אסנת." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%A0%D7%AA. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {אסנת},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%A0%D7%AA},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}