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and on the vineוּבַגֶּפֶןwere threeשְׁלֹשָׁהbranches;שָׂרִיגִםand as itוְהִיאbudded,כְפֹרַחַתits blossomsנִצָּהּcame up,עָלְתָהand its clustersאַשְׁכְּלֹתֶיהָripenedהִבְשִׁילוּinto grapes.עֲנָבִים
Genesis 40:10
Study it in the app“and on the vine were three branches; and as it budded, its blossoms came up, and its clusters ripened into grapes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 40:10, word by word
- and on the vineגֶּפֶןgefen
vine
Vine: the plant that bears grapes.
Where else “gefen” appears- were threeשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appears- branchesשָׂרִיגִםsarigim
branch, tendril
Branch, tendril of a vine.
Where else “sarigim” appears- buddedפֹרַחַתforachat
blossom
To sprout, blossom; or prosper.
Where else “forachat” appears- its blossomsנִצָּnitsa
blossom
What buds on the vine before the fruit.
Where else “nitsa” appears- came upעָלְתָהalta
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alta” appears- and its clustersאַשְׁכְּלֹתֶיashklote
cluster
Cluster of grapes or other fruit.
Where else “ashklote” appears- ripenedהִבְשִׁילוּhivshilu
ripen
To come to its point, like fruit or grain ready to harvest.
Where else “hivshilu” appears- into grapesעֲנָבִיםanavim
grape
Grape.
Where else “anavim” appears
The context
9So the chief of the cupbearers told his dream to Joseph and said to him, “In my dream, look, a vine was before me,
10 · This verse (above)
11Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I put the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”
To study Genesis 40 in a group
1. What it says
What did Joseph interpret for the two officials, and what happened to the cupbearer (vv. 12-23)?
2. What it means
What does Joseph say about himself when he says interpretations belong to Elohim (v. 8)?
3. How I live it
How can you serve others even in your own difficult times?