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We dreamedוַנַּחַלְמָהa dreamחֲלוֹםin oneבְּ אֶחָדnight,לַיְלָהIאֲנִיand he;וָהוּאeachאִישׁaccording to the interpretationכְּפִתְרוֹןof his dreamחֲלֹמוֹwe dreamed.חָלָמְנוּ
Genesis 41:11
Study it in the app“We dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; each according to the interpretation of his dream we dreamed.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 41:11, word by word
- We dreamedנַּחַלְמָnachalma
dream
To see images and scenes while asleep.
Where else “nachalma” appears- a dreamחֲלוֹםchalom
dream
Dream: what one sees while asleep. In the Bible, God sometimes speaks through dreams.
Where else “chalom” appears- in oneאֶחָדechad
united
United as one: "YHWH is one".
Where else “echad” appears- nightלַיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- according to the interpretationפִתְרוֹןfitron
interpretation
Interpretation: the meaning of a dream.
Where else “fitron” appears
The context
10Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and he put me in custody in the house of the chief of the guard, me and the chief of the bakers.
11 · This verse (above)
12A young man was there with us, a Hebrew, a slave of the chief of the guard. We told him, and he interpreted for us our dreams; to each according to his dream he interpreted.
To study Genesis 41 in a group
1. What it says
What did Pharaoh dream, and what plan did Joseph propose (vv. 1-7, 33-36)?
2. What it means
Why did Pharaoh recognize that the spirit of Elohim was in Joseph (v. 38)?
3. How I live it
What can you wisely prepare today for hard times that might come?