Genesis 40:21:4Gen.40.21.W4TAB
עַל־מַשְׁקֵ֑הוּ
almashkehu
“to his office”
- Transliteration
- al-mash-KE-hu
- Extended
- ahl-mahsh-KEH-hoo
- IPA
- /ʕal.maʃ.ˈqeː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to his office
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-mash-KE-hu
- clause
va-YA-shev et-SAR ham-mash-KIM al-mash-KE-hu
- sentence
va-YA-shev et-SAR ham-mash-KIM al-mash-KE-hu va-yit-TEN ha-KOS al-KAF par-OH
Exegesis
The first clause, vayyashev et sar hamashqim ʿal mashqehu {וַיָּשֶׁב אֶת־שַׂר הַמַּשְׁקִים עַל־מַשְׁקֵהוּ}, uses the Hiphil to express causative restoration of the official to his former position. The prepositional phrase ʿal mashqehu functions as a marker of reinstatement “to” his domain of service.
Root and etymology
RootShin–Qof–Heh
“to give drink”
In context — Genesis 40:21
And he restored the chief of the cupbearers to his cupbearing, and he placed the cup upon Pharaoh’s hand .
About this coordinate
Genesis 40:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 40:21, so the Hebrew word עַל־מַשְׁקֵ֑הוּ (almashkehu) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.40.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.40.21.W4.S1) and character.