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Genesis 41

Gen. 41:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And there was there with us a young man
na`ar (Hebrew #5288)
(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)
KJV usage: babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).
Pronounce: nah'-ar
Origin: from 5287
, an Hebrew
`Ibriy (Hebrew #5680)
an Eberite (i.e. Hebrew) or descendant of Eber
KJV usage: Hebrew(-ess, woman).
Pronounce: ib-ree'
Origin: patronymic from 5677
, servant
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
to the captain
sar (Hebrew #8269)
a head person (of any rank or class)
KJV usage: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ((-task- ))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Pronounce: sar
Origin: from 8323
of the guard
tabbach (Hebrew #2876)
properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food)
KJV usage: cook, guard.
Pronounce: tab-bawkh'
Origin: from 2873
; and we told
caphar (Hebrew #5608)
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
KJV usage: commune, (ac-)count; declare, number, + penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
Pronounce: saw-far'
Origin: a primitive root
him, and he interpreted
pathar (Hebrew #6622)
to open up, i.e. (figuratively) interpret (a dream)
KJV usage: interpret(-ation, -er).
Pronounce: paw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
to us our dreams
chalowm (Hebrew #2472)
from 2492; a dream
KJV usage: dream(-er).
Pronounce: khal-ome'
Origin: or (shortened) chalom {khal-ome'}
; to each man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
according to his dream
chalowm (Hebrew #2472)
from 2492; a dream
KJV usage: dream(-er).
Pronounce: khal-ome'
Origin: or (shortened) chalom {khal-ome'}
he did interpret
pathar (Hebrew #6622)
to open up, i.e. (figuratively) interpret (a dream)
KJV usage: interpret(-ation, -er).
Pronounce: paw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Captain,
Dreams,
Guard,
Hebrew,
Man,
Servant

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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servant.
Gen. 37:36• 36And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard. (Gen. 37:36)
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Gen. 39:1,20• 1And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
 20And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison. (Gen. 39:1,20)
interpreted.
Gen. 40:12‑19• 12And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
 13Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
 14But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
 15For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
 16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:
 17And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
 18And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
 19Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. (Gen. 40:12‑19)
• God's man is always of little account in the eyes of the world. The man who is destined to wield a power that no mortal, before or since, has ever exercised, is for the moment languishing in a prison. (“Exaltation and Glory” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And there was there with us a Hebrew youth, a bondman of the captain of the life guard, to whom we told them, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each he interpreted according to his dream.