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Genesis 40:18 — King James Version← Study notes

And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:


Genesis 40:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 40:1810 words
וַיַּעַןwayaʿanAnd eye
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
זֶהzehThis
פִּתְרֹנוֹpitərōnwōInterpretation
שְׁלֹשֶׁתšəlōšetThree
הַסַּלִּיםhasalîmThe willow twig
שְׁלֹשֶׁתšəlōšetThree
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
הֵםhēmThey
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּעַןwayaʿanAnd eye
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
זֶהzehThis
פִּתְרֹנוֹpitərōnwōInterpretation
שְׁלֹשֶׁתšəlōšetThree
הַסַּלִּיםhasalîmThe willow twig
שְׁלֹשֶׁתšəlōšetThree
יָמִיםyāmîmDay
הֵםhēmThey

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