King James Version

Genesis 40:9

And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

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וַיְסַפֵּ֧רvaysaperand communeסָפַרconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and commune”, the next action in the storyH5608properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebratecommune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.שַֽׂרsarcaptainשַׂרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “captain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8269a head person (of any rank or class)captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.הַמַּשְׁקִ֛יםhamashqimthe butlerמַשְׁקֶהdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the butler”, the ordinary formH4945properly, causing to drink, i.e. a butler; by implication (intransitively), drink (itself); figuratively, a well-watered regionbutler(-ship), cupbearer, drink(-ing), fat pasture, watered.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).חֲלֹמ֖וֹchalomvodreamחֲלוֹםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “dream”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2472a dreamdream(-er).לְיוֹסֵ֑ףleyosefto Joseph. Compare H3084יוֹסֵףpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Joseph. Compare H3084”H3130Joseph, the name of seven IsraelitesJoseph. Compare H3084 (יְהוֹסֵף).וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvayomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…ל֔וֹlvotoל֔וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toבַּחֲלוֹמִ֕יbachalomiin dreamחֲלוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in dream”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2472a dreamdream(-er).וְהִנֵּהvehinehand loהִנֵּהconjunction, particle, demonstrative — “and lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.גֶ֖פֶןgefenvineגֶּפֶןnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “vine”, the ordinary formH1612a vine (as twining), especially the grapevine, tree.לְפָנָֽיlefanayto a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him: 'In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

Young’s Literal Translation

And the chief of the butlers recounteth his dream to Joseph, and saith to him, 'In my dream, then lo, a vine [is] before me!

World English Bible

The chief cup bearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, “In my dream, behold, a vine was in front of me,

Darby Translation

Then the chief of the cup-bearers told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

Douay-Rheims

The chief butler first told his dream: I saw before me a vine,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him: 'In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the chief cupbearer related his dream to Joseph, and said, In my dream a vine was before me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ διηγήσατο ὁ ἀρχιοινοχόος τὸ ἐνύπνιον αὐτοῦ τῷ Ἰωσήφ· καὶ εἶπεν, ἐν τῷ ὕπνῳ μου ἦν ἄμπελος ἐναντίον μου.