Genesis 40:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;”

Genesis 40:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 40:912 words

וַיְסַפֵּרwayəsapērAnd score

שַׂרśarHead

הַמַּשְׁקִיםhamašəqîmThe causing to drink

אֶתʾet—

חֲלֹמוֹḥălōmwōDream

לְיוֹסֵףləywōsēp̄To Joseph

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לוֹlwōTo

בַּחֲלוֹמִיbaḥălwōmîIn dream

וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!

גֶפֶןgep̄enVine

לְפָנָיləp̄ānāyTo face

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְסַפֵּרwayəsapērAnd score

שַׂרśarHead

הַמַּשְׁקִיםhamašəqîmThe causing to drink

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

חֲלֹמוֹḥălōmwōDream

לְיוֹסֵףləywōsēp̄To Joseph

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לוֹlwōTo

בַּחֲלוֹמִיbaḥălwōmîIn dream

וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!

גֶפֶןgep̄enVine

לְפָנָיləp̄ānāyTo face

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