Biblical: name borne by Joseph's Egyptian wife (Genesis 41: 45), who became the mother of Manasseh and Ephraim. The name seems to have meant ‘she belongs to her father’ in ancient Egyptian.
An Egyptian name, meaning "gift of the sun-god", daughter of Potipherah, priest of On or Heliopolis, wife of Joseph (Gen. 41:45). She was the mother of Manasseh and Ephraim (50-52; 46:20).