Genesis 40:5
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חָלַם
châlam
properly, to bind firmly, i.e. (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump; also (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
שָׁקָה
shâqâh
to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish apotion to
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
אָסַר
ʼâçar
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁקָה shâqâh
to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish apotion to
Study H8248 →חָלַם châlam
properly, to bind firmly, i.e. (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump; also (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream
Study H2492 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →אָסַר ʼâçar
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
Study H631 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →Cross References
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble th...
O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretat...
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.
And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
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