How to Pronounce Zaphenath-Paneah
ZAF-ee-nath-pan-EE-uh
Zaphenath-Paneah is pronounced ZAF-ee-nath-pan-EE-uh: six syllables, stress on the first and fifth. Also heard: ZAF-uh-nath-puh-NEE-uh.
Who was Zaphenath-Paneah?
Zaphenath-Paneah is the Egyptian name that Pharaoh gave to Joseph when he set him over the land of Egypt (Genesis 41:45). It is the same name the King James Version spells Zaphnathpaaneah. In the same verse Pharaoh gave Joseph Asenath, daughter of Potipherah priest of On, as his wife.
Also pronounced
ZAF-uh-nath-puh-NEE-uh