Genesis 41:8

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

When the mornynge came his sprete was troubled And he sent and casted for all the soythsayers of Egypte and all the wyse men there of and told them his dreame: but there was none of them that coude interpretate it vnto Pharao.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֤י בַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ וַתִּפָּ֣עֶם רוּח֔וֹ וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח וַיִּקְרָ֛א אֶת־כָּל־חַרְטֻמֵּ֥י מִצְרַ֖יִם וְאֶת־כָּל־חֲכָמֶ֑יהָ וַיְסַפֵּ֨ר פַּרְעֹ֤ה לָהֶם֙ אֶת־חֲלֹמ֔וֹ וְאֵין־פּוֹתֵ֥ר אוֹתָ֖ם לְפַרְעֹֽה

Transliteration

And wa-yĕhî in the morning ba-bōqer and wa-tippāʿem his spirit rûḥô, and wa-yishlaḥ and wa-yiqrāʾ ʾet all kol-ḥarṭummê miṣrayim and wĕ-ʾet all kol-ḥăkāmeyhā; and wa-yĕsappēr parʿōh to them lāhem ʾet his dream ḥălōmô, and there was no wĕ-ʾên interpreter pôtēr them ʾôtām for lĕ-parʿōh

Grammar Details

• *wa-yĕhî*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and it happened
• *ba-bōqer*: preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular - in the morning
• *wa-tippāʿem*: waw-consecutive + niphal imperfect 3fs - and was troubled/disturbed
• *rûḥô*: noun feminine singular + 3ms suffix - his spirit
• *wa-yishlaḥ*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and he sent
• *wa-yiqrāʾ*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and he called
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *kol-ḥarṭummê*: noun masculine plural construct - all magicians of
• *miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *wĕ-ʾet*: waw-conjunction + direct object marker - and
• *kol-ḥăkāmeyhā*: noun masculine plural + 3fs suffix - all its wise men
• *wa-yĕsappēr*: waw-consecutive + piel imperfect 3ms - and he told
• *parʿōh*: proper noun - Pharaoh
• *lāhem*: preposition + 3mp suffix - to them
• *ḥălōmô*: noun masculine singular + 3ms suffix - his dream
• *wĕ-ʾên*: waw-conjunction + particle of negation - and there was no
• *pôtēr*: qal participle masculine singular - interpreting/interpreter
• *ʾôtām*: direct object marker + 3mp suffix - them
• *lĕ-parʿōh*: preposition + proper noun - for Pharaoh

Word Meanings

• *tippāʿem rûḥô*: his spirit was troubled/he was deeply disturbed/his mind was agitated
• *ḥarṭummê*: magicians/soothsayers/sacred scribes
• *ḥăkāmeyhā*: its wise men/sages/counselors
• *yĕsappēr*: told/related/recounted
• *pôtēr*: interpreter/one who could interpret

Referenced Verses

• Exod 7:11 : 11 Than Pharao called for the wyse men and enchaunters of Egipte dyd yn lyke maner with there sorcery.
• Exod 7:22 : 22 And the Enchaunters of Egipte dyd lyke wyse with their enchauntmentes, so that Pharaos herte was hardened and dyd not regarde them as the Lorde had sayde.
• Matt 2:1 : 1 When Iesus was borne at Bethleem in Iury in the tyme of Herode the kynge. Beholde there came wyse me from the eest to Ierusalem
• Lev 19:31 : 31 Turne not to the that worke with sprites, nether regarde the that obserue disemall dayes: that ye be not defiled by the, for I am the Lorde youre God.
• Lev 20:6 : 6 Yf any soule turne vnto them that worke with spirites or makers of dysemall dayes and goo a whoorynge after them, I wilt put my face apon that soule and will destroye him from amonge his people.
• Deut 18:9-9 : 9 When thou art come in to the londe which the Lorde thy God geueth the, se that thou lerne not to doo after the abhominacyos of these nacyons. 10 Let there not be founde amonge you that maketh his sonne or his doughter go thorow fyre, ether a bruterar or a maker of dismale dayes or that vseth witchcraft or a sorcerar 11 or a charmar or that speaketh with a spirite or a sothsayer or that talketh with them that are deed. 12 For all that doo soch thinges are abhominacion vnto the Lorde: and because of these abhominacyons the Lorde thy God doeth cast them out before the, 13 be pure therfore with the Lorde thy God. 14 For these nacyons whiche thou shalt conquere, herken vnto makers off dysemall dayes and bruterars. But the Lorde thy God permytteth not that to the.
• Gen 40:6 : 6 When Ioseph came in vnto them in the mornynge and loked apon them: beholde they were sadd.
• Gen 40:8 : 8 They answered him we haue dreamed a dreame and haue no man to declare it. And Ioseph sayde vnto the. Interpretynge belongeth to God but tel me yet.
• Exod 8:7 : 7 And the sorcerers dyd likewise with theire sorcery, and the frogges came vp apon the lande of Egipte.
• Exod 8:18-19 : 18 And the enchaunters assayde lykewyse with their enchauntmentes to brynge forth lyse, but they coude not. And the lyse were both apon man and beest. 19 Then sayde the enchaunters vnto Pharao: it is the fingre of God. Neuerthelater Pharaos herte was hardened and he regarded them not, as the Lorde had sayde.
• Exod 9:11 : 11 so that the sorcerers coude not stonde before Moses, by the reason of botches on the enchaunters and apon all the Egiptians,
• Acts 7:22 : 22 And Moses was learned in all maner wisdome of the Egipcians and was mighty in dedes and in wordes.
• Acts 17:18 : 18 Certayne philosophers of ye Epicures and of ye stoyckes disputed with him. And some ther were which sayde: what will this babler saye. Other sayd: he semeth to be a tydynges bringer of newe devyls because he preached vnto them Iesus and the resurreccion.
• 1 Cor 1:19 : 19 For it is written: I will destroye the wysdome of the wyse and will cast awaye the vnderstondinge of the prudet.
• 1 Cor 3:18-20 : 18 Let no man deceave him silfe. Yf eny man seme wyse amonge you let him be a fole in this worlde that he maye be wyse. 19 For ye wisdome of this worlde is folysshnes with god. For it is writte: he compaseth the wyse in their craftynes. 20 And agayne God knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse that they be vayne.