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Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אָסְנַת (Hebrew)
Pronounced: AS-e-nath  

Means "she belongs to her father" in Egyptian. In the Old Testament this is the name of Joseph's Egyptian wife.

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