Of Egyptian derivation; Tsophnath-Paneach, Joseph's Egyptian name -- Zaphnath-paaneah.
H6847. Tsaphenath
Paneach מַּעְנֵהַ צָֽפְנַת proper name, masculine (< vocaliz. ‚apn§t§ph ±œn— i.e. the god speaks and he lives, Egyptian D(d)-pnt(r)-§f-±n— (D§-pnut§-ef-±œn—), see SteindÄZ 1889, 41 f.; 1892. 50 ff., so EbSmith DB (2), 1798 b Brugsch, see DrHast. ii. 775a n. §, Crumib. i. 665 b Griffith ib.iii. 819 b); — Egyptian name given to Joseph Genesis 41:45, Ψονθομφανηχ, ᵐ5 L Ψομʹ.
I. צפע (√ of following; meaning dubious, perhaps hiss, onomatopoetic, so Thes; Late Hebrew צִפְעוֺן = Biblical Hebrew).