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Genesis 40:16-23

16When the chiefשַׂר־sar-H8269bakerהָאֹפִ֖יםha.'o.FimH644sawוַיַּ֥רְאvai.Yar'H7200that he had interpretedפָּתָ֑רpa.TarH6622favorablyט֣וֹבTovH2896,he saidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559to Josephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130, “I alsoאַף־'af-H637sawin my dreamבַּחֲלוֹמִ֔יba.cha.lo.MiH2472,and beholdוְהִנֵּ֗הve.hi.NehH2009, there werethreeשְׁלֹשָׁ֛הshe.lo.ShahH7969basketsסַלֵּ֥יsa.LeiH5536of whiteH2751breadH2751on my headרֹאשִֽׁי׃ro.ShiH7218;

17and in the topהָֽעֶלְי֔וֹןha.'el.yOnH5945basketוּבַסַּ֣לu.va.SalH5536there weresomeמִן־min-H4480of allמִכֹּ֛לmi.KolH3605kinds of bakedאֹפֶ֑ה'o.PehH644foodמַאֲכַ֥לma.'a.KhalH3978for Pharaohפַּרְעֹ֖הpar.'OhH6547,and the birdsוְהָע֗וֹףve.ha.'ofH5775were eatingאֹכֵ֥ל'o.KhelH398them out of the basketהַסַּ֖לha.SalH5536on my headרֹאשִֽׁי׃ro.ShiH7218.”

18Then Josephיוֹסֵף֙yo.SefH3130answeredוַיַּ֤עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030and saidוַיֹּ֔אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Thisזֶ֖הzehH2088is its interpretationפִּתְרֹנ֑וֹpit.ro.NoH6623:the threeשְׁלֹ֙שֶׁת֙she.Lo.shetH7969basketsהַסַּלִּ֔יםha.sa.LimH5536are threeשְׁלֹ֥שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetH7969daysיָמִ֖יםya.MimH3117;

19within threeשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetH7969moreבְּע֣וֹד׀be.'odH5750daysיָמִ֗יםya.MimH3117Pharaohפַרְעֹ֤הfar.'OhH6547will liftיִשָּׂ֨אyi.Sa'H5375upH5375your headרֹֽאשְׁךָ֙ro.she.KhaH7218from you and will hangוְתָלָ֥הve.ta.LahH8518you on a woodenעֵ֑ץ'EtzH6086post,and the birdsהָע֛וֹףha.'ofH5775will eatוְאָכַ֥לve.'a.KhalH398your fleshבְּשָׂרְךָ֖be.sa.re.KhaH1320offH4480 H5921you.”

20So it cameH1961aboutH1961on the thirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֗יha.she.li.ShiH7992dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117, which wasPharaoh’sפַּרְעֹ֔הpar.'OhH6547birthdayי֚וֹם הֻלֶּ֣דֶתYom hu.Le.detH3205 H3117,that he heldוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213a feastמִשְׁתֶּ֖הmish.TehH4960for allלְכָל־le.kholH3605his servantsעֲבָדָ֑יו'a.va.DavH5650;and he liftedוַיִּשָּׂ֞אvai.yi.Sa'H5375upH5375the headרֹ֣אשׁ׀roshH7218of the chiefשַׂ֣רsarH8269cupbearerהַמַּשְׁקִ֗יםha.mash.KimH4945and the headרֹ֛אשׁroshH7218of the chiefשַׂ֥רsarH8269bakerהָאֹפִ֖יםha.'o.FimH644amongבְּת֥וֹךְbe.TokhH8432his servantsעֲבָדָֽיו׃'a.va.DavH5650.

21He restoredוַיָּ֛שֶׁבvai.Ya.shevH7725the chiefשַׂ֥רsarH8269cupbearerהַמַּשְׁקִ֖יםha.mash.KimH4945to hisofficeמַשְׁקֵ֑הוּmash.Ke.huH4945, andhe putוַיִּתֵּ֥ןvai.yi.TenH5414the cupהַכּ֖וֹסha.KosH3563into Pharaoh’sפַּרְעֹֽה׃par.'OhH6547handכַּ֥ףkafH3709;

22buthe hangedתָּלָ֑הta.LahH8518the chiefשַׂ֥רsarH8269bakerהָאֹפִ֖יםha.'o.FimH644,justH3512asH3512Josephיוֹסֵֽף׃yo.SefH3130had interpretedפָּתַ֛רpa.TarH6622to them.

23Yet the chiefשַֽׂר־sar-H8269cupbearerהַמַּשְׁקִ֛יםha.mash.KimH4945did not rememberזָכַ֧רza.KharH2142Josephיוֹסֵ֖ףyo.SefH3130, butforgotוַיִּשְׁכָּחֵֽהוּ׃ פvai.yish.ka.Che.huH7911him.

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