Genesis 41:15 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.”

Genesis 41:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 41:1517 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

אֶלʾelNear

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

חֲלוֹםḥălwōmDream

חָלַמְתִּיḥālamətîBind firmly

וּפֹתֵרûp̄ōtērAnd open up

אֵיןʾênNonentity

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

וַאֲנִיwaʾănîAnd I

שָׁמַעְתִּיšāmaʿətîHear

עָלֶיךָʿāleyḵāAbove

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

תִּשְׁמַעtišəmaʿHear

חֲלוֹםḥălwōmDream

לִפְתֹּרlip̄ətōrTo open up

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

אֶלʾelNear

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

חֲלוֹםḥălwōmDream

חָלַמְתִּיḥālamətîBind firmly

וּפֹתֵרûp̄ōtērAnd open up

אֵיןʾênNonentity

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

וַאֲנִיwaʾănîAnd I

שָׁמַעְתִּיšāmaʿətîHear

עָלֶיךָʿāleyḵāAbove

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

תִּשְׁמַעtišəmaʿHear

חֲלוֹםḥălwōmDream

לִפְתֹּרlip̄ətōrTo open up

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

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