Genesis 41:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח פַּרְעֹה֙ וַיִּקְרָ֣א אֶת־יוֹסֵ֔ף וַיְרִיצֻ֖הוּ מִן־הַבּ֑וֹר וַיְגַלַּח֙ וַיְחַלֵּ֣ף שִׂמְלֹתָ֔יו וַיָּבֹ֖א אֶל־פַּרְעֹֽה

Transliteration

And wa-yishlaḥ parʿōh and wa-yiqrāʾ ʾet-yôsēp, and wa-yĕrîṣuhū from min-ha-bôr; and wa-yĕgallaḥ and wa-yĕḥallēp his garments śimlōtāyw, and wa-yābōʾ to ʾel-parʿōh

Grammar Details

• *wa-yishlaḥ*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and he sent
• *parʿōh*: proper noun - Pharaoh
• *wa-yiqrāʾ*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and he called
• *ʾet-yôsēp*: direct object marker + proper noun - Joseph
• *wa-yĕrîṣuhū*: waw-consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3mp + 3ms suffix - and they brought him quickly
• *min-ha-bôr*: preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular - from the pit/prison
• *wa-yĕgallaḥ*: waw-consecutive + piel imperfect 3ms - and he shaved
• *wa-yĕḥallēp*: waw-consecutive + piel imperfect 3ms - and he changed
• *śimlōtāyw*: noun feminine plural + 3ms suffix - his garments/clothes
• *wa-yābōʾ*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and he came/entered
• *ʾel-parʿōh*: preposition + proper noun - to Pharaoh

Word Meanings

• *yĕrîṣuhū*: they brought him quickly/they rushed him/they hurried him
• *bôr*: pit/dungeon/prison
• *yĕgallaḥ*: he shaved/he was shaved
• *yĕḥallēp śimlōtāyw*: he changed his clothes/he exchanged his garments

Referenced Verses

• Dan 2:25 : 25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.
• Ps 113:7-8 : 7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, And lifteth up the needy from the dunghill; 8 That he may set him with princes, Even with the princes of his people.
• Isa 61:3 : 3 to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
• Isa 61:10 : 10 I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
• Jer 52:32-33 : 32 and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, 33 and changed his prison garments. And [Jehoiachin] did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life:
• Exod 10:16 : 16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against Jehovah your God, and against you.
• 1 Sam 2:7-8 : 7 Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up. 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, And he hath set the world upon them.
• 2 Sam 19:24 : 24 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.
• 2 Kgs 25:29 : 29 and changed his prison garments. And [Jehoiachin] did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life:
• Esth 4:1-4 : 1 Now when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; 2 and he came even before the king's gate: for none might enter within the king's gate clothed with sackcloth. 3 And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes. 4 And Esther's maidens and her chamberlains came and told it her; and the queen was exceedingly grieved: and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take his sackcloth from off him; but he received it not.
• Esth 5:1 : 1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the entrance of the house.
• Ps 105:19-22 : 19 Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of Jehovah tried him. 20 The king sent and loosed him; Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free. 21 He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all his substance; 22 To bind his princes at his pleasure, And teach his elders wisdom.