Genesis 40:16
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“When 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:”
טוֹב
Taste and see. David does not say understand or agree — he says taste. Towb is goodness you experience, not just believe in. God's goodness is not a theological position. It is something you encounter when you draw near to Him.
יוֹסֵף
Joseph
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יוֹסֵף
Joseph, may he add. Yowseph. From the root to add or increase. What looks like subtraction is often God's addition in disguise.
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עַל
were on
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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רֹאשׁ
head/ my
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רֹאשׁ
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
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סַל
baskets of
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סַל
properly, a willow twig (as pendulous), i.e. an osier; but only as woven into abasket
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שָׁלוֹשׁ
three
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שָׁלוֹשׁ
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
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פָּתַר
he had interpreted
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פָּתַר
to open up, i.e. (figuratively) interpret (a dream)
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שַׂר
the chief of
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שַׂר
a head person (of any rank or class)
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חֹרִי
white bread
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חֹרִי
white bread
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