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Genesis 40:20 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.


Genesis 40:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 40:2022 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְהִ֣יwayəhiy
and it wasconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
בַּ/יּ֣וֹםbaywōm
on the daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
הַ/שְּׁלִישִׁ֗יhašəliyšiy
thirdparticleH7992
rank · time) · three
י֚וֹםywōm
daynounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
הֻלֶּ֣דֶתhuledet
being bornverbH3205
beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
פַּרְעֹ֔הparəʿōh
PharaohnounH6547
וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂwayaʿaś
and he madeconjH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
מִשְׁתֶּ֖הmišəteh
a feastnounH4960
drank · drink · feast · -ing)
לְ/כָלləkāl
for allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עֲבָדָ֑י/וʿăbādāyw
servants hisnounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
וַ/יִּשָּׂ֞אwayiśāʾ
and he lifted upconjH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
רֹ֣אשׁrōʾš
the head ofnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
שַׂ֣רśar
the chief ofnounH8269
chief · general · governor · keeper ···
הַ/מַּשְׁקִ֗יםhamašəqiym
the cup bearersparticleH4945
cupbearer · drink · fat pasture · watered
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
andconjH853
רֹ֛אשׁrōʾš
the head ofnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
שַׂ֥רśar
the chief ofnounH8269
chief · general · governor · keeper ···
הָ/אֹפִ֖יםhāʾōpiym
the bakersparticleH644
)
בְּ/ת֥וֹךְbətwōkə
in amongpronH8432
between · half · (there- · where-) ···
עֲבָדָֽי/וʿăbādāyw
servants hisnounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Alice MorganNote1mo ago
The promise of restoration - Genesis 40
My grandmother used to quote this verse every morning. I think this is a call to trust beyond what we can see. The early church would have heard this very differently than we do today. God is faithful...
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