KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 40:5 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And they dreamed” | וַיַּֽחַלְמוּ֩ | Properly, to bind firmly, i.e., (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump | dreamed |
| “a dream” | חֲל֨וֹם | A dream | dream |
| “both of them,” | שְׁנֵיהֶ֜ם | Two; also (as ordinal) twofold | both |
| “each man” | אִ֤ישׁ | Properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified H0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively) | each man |
| “his dream” | חֲלֹמוֹ֙ | A dream | dream |
| “in one” | אֶחָ֔ד | Properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first | one |
| “night,” | בְּלַ֣יְלָה | Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | night |
| “each man” | אִ֖ישׁ | Properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified H0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively) | each man |
| “according to the interpretation” | כְּפִתְר֣וֹן | Interpretation (of a dream) | according interpretation |
| “of his dream,” | חֲלֹמ֑וֹ | A dream | dream |
| “the butler” | הַמַּשְׁקֶ֣ה | Properly, causing to drink, i.e., a butler | butler |
| “and the baker” | וְהָֽאֹפֶ֗ה | To cook, especially to bake | baker |
| “of the king” | לְמֶ֣לֶךְ | A king | king |
| “of Egypt,” | מִצְרַ֔יִם | Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt | Egypt |
| “which” | אֲשֶׁר֙ | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | which |
| “were” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “bound” | אֲסוּרִ֖ים | To yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle | bound |
| “in the prison.” | בְּבֵ֥ית | A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) | prison |
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3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.
7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
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