Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 40:16 Interlinear

saw When the chief baker was good that the interpretation he said unto Joseph I also was in my dream and behold I had three baskets white on my head

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיַּ֥רְאH7200sawto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
2שַׂרH8269When the chiefa head person (of any rank or class)
3הָֽאֹפִ֖יםH644bakerto cook, especially to bake
4כִּ֣יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
5ט֣וֹבH2896was goodgood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
6פָּתָ֑רH6622that the interpretationto open up, i.e., (figuratively) interpret (a dream)
7וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙H559he saidto say (used with great latitude)
8אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
9יוֹסֵ֔ףH3130unto Josephjoseph, the name of seven israelites
10אַףH637I alsomeaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though
11אֲנִי֙H589i
12בַּֽחֲלוֹמִ֔יH2472was in my dreama dream
13וְהִנֵּ֗הH2009lo!
14שְׁלֹשָׁ֛הH7969and behold I had threethree; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
15סַלֵּ֥יH5536basketsproperly, a willow twig (as pendulous), i.e., an osier; but only as woven into a basket
16חֹרִ֖יH2751whitewhite bread
17עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
18רֹאשִֽׁי׃H7218on my headthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

Verse Context

Genesis 40:15 For indeed I was stolen away For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews ...
Genesis 40:16 (current)saw When the chief baker was good that the interpretation he said unto Joseph I also was in my dream and behold I had three baskets white on my head
Genesis 40:17basket And in the uppermost there was of all manner for Pharaoh of bakemeats...

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