Genesis 41:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.”

Genesis 41:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 41:822 words

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

בַבֹּקֶרvabōqerIn dawn

וַתִּפָּעֶםwatipāʿemAnd tap

רוּחוֹrûḥwōWind

וַיִּשְׁלַחwayišəlaḥAnd send

וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to

אֶתʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

חַרְטֻמֵּיḥarəṭumêHoroscopist

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim

וְאֶתwəʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

חֲכָמֶיהָḥăḵāmeyhāWise

וַיְסַפֵּרwayəsapērAnd score

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

לָהֶםlāhemTo

אֶתʾet—

חֲלֹמוֹḥălōmwōDream

וְאֵיןwəʾênAnd nonentity

פּוֹתֵרpwōtērOpen up

אוֹתָםʾwōtām—

לְפַרְעֹהləp̄arəʿōhTo Paroh

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

בַבֹּקֶרvabōqerIn dawn

וַתִּפָּעֶםwatipāʿemAnd tap

רוּחוֹrûḥwōWind

וַיִּשְׁלַחwayišəlaḥAnd send

וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

חַרְטֻמֵּיḥarəṭumêHoroscopist

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

חֲכָמֶיהָḥăḵāmeyhāWise

וַיְסַפֵּרwayəsapērAnd score

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

לָהֶםlāhemTo

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

חֲלֹמוֹḥălōmwōDream

וְאֵיןwəʾênAnd nonentity

פּוֹתֵרpwōtērOpen up

אוֹתָםʾwōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

לְפַרְעֹהləp̄arəʿōhTo Paroh

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