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Genesis 41:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.


Genesis 41:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 41:1216 words
וְשָׁםwəšāmAnd there
אִתָּנוּʾitānûNearness
נַעַרnaʿarBoy
עִבְרִיʿivərîEberite
עֶבֶדʿevedServant
לְשַׂרləśarTo head
הַטַּבָּחִיםhaṭabāḥîmThe butcher
וַנְּסַפֶּרwanəsaperAnd score
לוֹlwōTo
וַיִּפְתָּרwayip̄ətārAnd open up
לָנוּlānûTo
אֶתʾet
חֲלֹמֹתֵינוּḥălōmōtênûDream
אִישׁʾîšMan
כַּחֲלֹמוֹkaḥălōmwōLike dream
פָּתָרpātārOpen up
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְשָׁםwəšāmAnd there
אִתָּנוּʾitānûNearness
נַעַרnaʿarBoy
עִבְרִיʿivərîEberite
עֶבֶדʿevedServant
לְשַׂרləśarTo head
הַטַּבָּחִיםhaṭabāḥîmThe butcher
וַנְּסַפֶּרwanəsaperAnd score
לוֹlwōTo
וַיִּפְתָּרwayip̄ətārAnd open up
לָנוּlānûTo
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
חֲלֹמֹתֵינוּḥălōmōtênûDream
אִישׁʾîšMan
כַּחֲלֹמוֹkaḥălōmwōLike dream
פָּתָרpātārOpen up

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