Genesis 40:8
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.”
חֲלוֹם
Dream, vision in sleep. Chalom. Jacob dreamed and saw a ladder reaching to heaven. God still speaks in dreams. He has always communicated with His people.
נָא
please
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נָא
'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
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חָלַם
we dreamed
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חָלַם
properly, to bind firmly, i.e. (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump; also (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream
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סָפַר
recount it
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סָפַר
To recount, to declare, to tell. Saphar. The heavens declare the glory of God. Everything in creation is telling the story of its Creator.
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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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פִּתְרוֹן
do interpretations
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פִּתְרוֹן
interpretation (of a dream)
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