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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 40:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 40:2022 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בַּיּוֹםbaywōmIn day
הַשְּׁלִישִׁיhašəlîšîThe third
יוֹםywōmDay
הֻלֶּדֶתhuledetBear young
אֶתʾet—
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
וַיַּעַשׂwayaʿaśAnd do
מִשְׁתֶּהmišətehDrink
לְכָלləḵālTo whole
עֲבָדָיוʿăvādāywServant
וַיִּשָּׂאwayiśāʾAnd lift
אֶתʾet—
רֹאשׁrōʾšHead
שַׂרśarHead
הַמַּשְׁקִיםhamašəqîmThe causing to drink
וְאֶתwəʾet—
רֹאשׁrōʾšHead
שַׂרśarHead
הָאֹפִיםhāʾōp̄îmThe cook
בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection
עֲבָדָיוʿăvādāywServant
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בַּיּוֹםbaywōmIn day
הַשְּׁלִישִׁיhašəlîšîThe third
יוֹםywōmDay
הֻלֶּדֶתhuledetBear young
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh
וַיַּעַשׂwayaʿaśAnd do
מִשְׁתֶּהmišətehDrink
לְכָלləḵālTo whole
עֲבָדָיוʿăvādāywServant
וַיִּשָּׂאwayiśāʾAnd lift
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
רֹאשׁrōʾšHead
שַׂרśarHead
הַמַּשְׁקִיםhamašəqîmThe causing to drink
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
רֹאשׁrōʾšHead
שַׂרśarHead
הָאֹפִיםhāʾōp̄îmThe cook
בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection
עֲבָדָיוʿăvādāywServant

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