Genesis 40:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.”
Genesis 40:5 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 40:519 words
וַיַּחַלְמוּwayaḥaləmûAnd bind firmly
חֲלוֹםḥălwōmDream
שְׁנֵיהֶםšənêhemTwo
אִישׁʾîšMan
חֲלֹמוֹḥălōmwōDream
בְּלַיְלָהbəlayəlāhIn twist
אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited
אִישׁʾîšMan
כְּפִתְרוֹןkəp̄itərwōnLike interpretation
חֲלֹמוֹḥălōmwōDream
הַמַּשְׁקֶהhamašəqehThe causing to drink
וְהָאֹפֶהwəhāʾōp̄ehAnd the cook
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לְמֶלֶךְləmeleḵəTo king
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אֲסוּרִיםʾăsûrîmYoke
בְּבֵיתbəvêtIn a house
הַסֹּהַרhasōharThe dungeon
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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