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Then the chiefוַ שַׂרof the cupbearersהַמַּשְׁקִיםspokeיְדַבֵּרto Pharaoh,אֶת פַּרְעֹהsaying,לֵאמֹר“My sinsאֶת חֲטָאַיIאֲנִיam rememberingמַזְכִּירtoday.הַיּוֹם
Genesis 41:9
Study it in the app“Then the chief of the cupbearers spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “My sins I am remembering today.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 41:9, word by word
- Then the chiefשַׂרsar
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sar” appears- of the cupbearersמַּשְׁקִיםmashkim
cupbearer
The one who served the king's drink.
Where else “mashkim” appears- spokeיְדַבֵּרyedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appears- to Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “My sinsחֲטָאַchataa
offense, sin
Offense, sin; its penalty.
Where else “chataa” appears- am rememberingמַזְכִּירmazkir
remember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “mazkir” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
8In the morning his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dream, but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh.
9 · This verse (above)
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.
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?