Genesis 40:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.”

Genesis 40:23 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 40:237 words

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

זָכַרzāḵarMark

שַׂרśarHead

הַמַּשְׁקִיםhamašəqîmThe causing to drink

אֶתʾet—

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

וַיִּשְׁכָּחֵהוּwayišəkāḥēhûAnd mislay

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

זָכַרzāḵarMark

שַׂרśarHead

הַמַּשְׁקִיםhamašəqîmThe causing to drink

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

וַיִּשְׁכָּחֵהוּwayišəkāḥēhûAnd mislay

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