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Genesis 40:16-19

16When the chiefשַׂר־sar-H8269bakerהָאֹפִ֖יםha.'o.FimH644sawוַיַּ֥רְאvai.Yar'H7200that the interpretationפָּתָ֑רpa.TarH6622was goodט֣וֹבTovH2896,he saidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559unto Josephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130,I alsoאַף־'af-H637wasin my dreamבַּחֲלוֹמִ֔יba.cha.lo.MiH2472, and, behold, I hadthreeשְׁלֹשָׁ֛הshe.lo.ShahH7969whiteחֹרִ֖יcho.RiH2751basketsסַלֵּ֥יsa.LeiH5536on my headרֹאשִֽׁי׃ro.ShiH7218:

17And in the uppermostהָֽעֶלְי֔וֹןha.'el.yOnH5945basketוּבַסַּ֣לu.va.SalH5536there wasof all mannerמַאֲכַ֥לma.'a.KhalH3978of bakemeatsמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה אֹפֶ֑הma.'a.Seh 'o.PehH644 H4639for Pharaohפַּרְעֹ֖הpar.'OhH6547;and the birdsוְהָע֗וֹףve.ha.'ofH5775did eatאֹכֵ֥ל'o.KhelH398them out of the basketהַסַּ֖לha.SalH5536uponמֵעַ֥לme.'AlH5921my headרֹאשִֽׁי׃ro.ShiH7218.

18And Josephיוֹסֵף֙yo.SefH3130answeredוַיַּ֤עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030and saidוַיֹּ֔אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, This isthe interpretationפִּתְרֹנ֑וֹpit.ro.NoH6623thereof: The threeשְׁלֹ֙שֶׁת֙she.Lo.shetH7969basketsהַסַּלִּ֔יםha.sa.LimH5536arethreeשְׁלֹ֥שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetH7969daysיָמִ֖יםya.MimH3117:

19Yet within threeשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetH7969daysיָמִ֗יםya.MimH3117shall Pharaohפַרְעֹ֤הfar.'OhH6547lift upיִשָּׂ֨אyi.Sa'H5375thy headרֹֽאשְׁךָ֙ro.she.KhaH7218from off thee, and shall hangוְתָלָ֥הve.ta.LahH8518thee on a treeעֵ֑ץ'EtzH6086;and the birdsהָע֛וֹףha.'ofH5775shall eatוְאָכַ֥לve.'a.KhalH398thy fleshבְּשָׂרְךָ֖be.sa.re.KhaH1320from off thee.

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