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Josephיוֹסֵףsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Thisזֶהis its interpretation:פִּתְרֹנוֹthe threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתbranchesהַשָּׂרִגִיםareהֵםthreeשְׁלֹשֶׁתdays.יָמִים
Genesis 40:12
Study it in the app“Joseph said to him, “This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 40:12, word by word
- Josephיוֹסֵףyosef
Joseph
Joseph, a name borne by several Israelites, above all the son of Jacob and Rachel, sold into Egypt, who became ruler there and saved his family; his sons Ephraim and Manasseh became tribes. The name means "may he add".
Where else “yosef” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- is its interpretationפִּתְרֹנpitron
interpretation
Interpretation: the meaning of a dream.
Where else “pitron” appears- the threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appears- branchesשָּׂרִגִיםsarigim
branch, tendril
Branch, tendril of a vine.
Where else “sarigim” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears
The context
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.”
12 · This verse (above)
13Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, after the former manner when you were his cupbearer.
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?