Dictionary of the Bible
ZAPHENATH-PANEAH.—The name given by Pharaoh to Joseph (Gen 41:45). It should evidently be read Ze-p-net-e-f-‘onkh, meaning in Egyp. ‘God hath said he liveth’—a common type of Egyp. name in late times (see Pharaoh, 2, and cf. Joseph, p. 495a).
F. Ll. Griffith.