Genesis

Genesis 40:17

¹⁷In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
In the top	הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן	hā·‘el·yō·wn	Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H5945 high
basket	וּבַסַּ֣ל	ū·ḇas·sal	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5536 basket
were all sorts of	מִכֹּ֛ל	mik·kōl	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
baked	אֹפֶ֑ה	’ō·p̄eh	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H644 bake
goods	מַאֲכַ֥ל	ma·’ă·ḵal	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3978 food
for Pharaoh	פַּרְעֹ֖ה	par·‘ōh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6547 Pharaoh
but the birds	וְהָע֗וֹף	wə·hā·‘ō·wp̄	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5775 flying creatures, fowl, insects
were eating	אֹכֵ֥ל	’ō·ḵêl	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H398 eat
them	אֹתָ֛ם	’ō·ṯām	Direct object marker; third person masculine plural	H853 mark of the accusative
out of	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the basket	הַסַּ֖ל	has·sal	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5536 basket
on	מֵעַ֥ל	mê·‘al	Preposition-m	H5921 height
my head	רֹאשִֽׁי׃	rō·šî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H7218 head

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.