Study it in the app“A 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.”
A young manנַעַרwas thereוְשָׁםwith us,אִתָּנוּa Hebrew,עִבְרִיa slaveעֶבֶדof the chiefלְשַׂרof the guard.הַטַּבָּחִיםWe toldוַנְּסַפֶּרhim,לוֹand he interpretedוַיִּפְתָּרfor usלָנוּour dreams;אֶת חֲלֹמֹתֵינוּto eachאִישׁaccording to his dreamכַּחֲלֹמוֹhe interpreted.פָּתָר
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appearsHebrew
Hebrew: a descendant of Eber; the name that other peoples gave to Abram and to the Israelites.
Where else “ivri” appearsslave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “eved” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sar” appearsguard
The king's guards.
Where else “tabachim” appearsrecount
To relate, declare: the heavens proclaim the glory of El.
Where else “nesaper” appearsinterpret
Interpret, explain the meaning of a dream.
Where else “yiftar” appearsdream
Dream: what one sees while asleep. In the Bible, God sometimes speaks through dreams.
Where else “chalomote” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears11We dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; each according to the interpretation of his dream we dreamed.
12 · This verse (above)
13And just as he interpreted for us, so it happened: me he restored to my position, and him he hanged.”
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?
