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Josephיוֹסֵףansweredוַיַּעַןand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Thisזֶהis its interpretation:פִּתְרֹנוֹthe threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתbasketsהַסַּלִּיםareהֵםthreeשְׁלֹשֶׁתdays.יָמִים
Genesis 40:18
Study it in the app“Joseph answered and said, “This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 40:18, 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- answeredיַּעַןyaan
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appears- and 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- basketsסַּלִּיםsalim
basket
Basket.
Where else “salim” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears
The context
17In the top basket there was every kind of food for Pharaoh, the work of a baker, and the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”
18 · This verse (above)
19Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head from upon you and hang you on a pole, and the birds will eat your flesh from upon you.”
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?