Genesis 40:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.”

Genesis 40:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 40:112 words

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

אַחַרʾaḥarThe hind part

הַדְּבָרִיםhadəvārîmThe word

הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these

חָטְאוּḥāṭəʾûMiss

מַשְׁקֵהmašəqēhCausing to drink

מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim

וְהָאֹפֶהwəhāʾōp̄ehAnd the cook

לַאֲדֹנֵיהֶםlaʾădōnêhemTo sovereign

לְמֶלֶךְləmeleḵəTo king

מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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