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title: פִּתְרוֹן — interpretation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פִּתְרוֹן (6623), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: interpretation. BDB 1906: n.m. interpretation. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פִּתְרוֹן

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«פִּתְרוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **interpretation** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 6623 · **BDB:** פִּתְרוֹן

### Glosses

interpretation (2); to.the.interpretation (2); \[do\].interpretations (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

interpretation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6623/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. interpretation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6623/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** \[Köii. 1, 154\] n.m. interpretation (of a dream), only Gn 40, 41;—cstr. פִּתְרוֹן Gn 40:5; 41:11; sf. פִּתְרֹנוֹ 40:12, 18; pl. פִּתְרֹנִים v 8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פִּתְרוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6623/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 40:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.40.12/)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ יוֹסֵ֔ף זֶ֖ה פִּתְרֹנ֑וֹ שְׁלֹ֙שֶׁת֙ הַשָּׂ֣רִגִ֔ים שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת יָמִ֖ים הֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to him Joseph this interpretation \[is\].its the.three the branches \[are\].three days they

*JPS 1917:* And Joseph said unto him: 'This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;

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[Genesis 40:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.40.18/)

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וַיַּ֤עַן יוֹסֵף֙ וַיֹּ֔אמֶר זֶ֖ה פִּתְרֹנ֑וֹ שְׁלֹ֙שֶׁת֙ הַסַּלִּ֔ים שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת יָמִ֖ים הֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.answered Joseph and he.said this interpretation \[is\].its the.three the baskets \[are\].three days they

*JPS 1917:* And Joseph answered and said: 'This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days;

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