Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1) to attend to, muster, number, reckon, visit, punish, appoint, look after, care for 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pay attention to, observe 1a2) to attend to 1a3) to seek, look about for 1a4) to seek in vain, need, miss, lack 1a5) to visit 1a6) to visit upon, punish 1a7) to pass in review, muster, number 1a8) to appoint, assign, lay upon as a charge, deposit 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be sought, be needed, be missed, be lacking 1b2) to be visited 1b3) to be visited upon 1b4) to be appointed 1b5) to be watched over 1c) (Piel) to muster, call up 1d) (Pual) to be passed in review, be caused to miss, be called, be called to account 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to set over, make overseer, appoint an overseer 1e2) to commit, entrust, commit for care, deposit 1f) (Hophal) 1f1) to be visited 1f2) to be deposited 1f3) to be made overseer, be entrusted 1g) (Hithpael) numbered 1h) (Hothpael) numbered n m pl abstr 2) musterings, expenses">6485 [e] וַ֠יִּפְקֹד way-yip̄-qōḏ and charged Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 1a) chieftain, leader 1b) vassal, noble, official (under king) 1c) captain, general, commander (military) 1d) chief, head, overseer (of other official classes) 1e) heads, princes (of religious office) 1f) elders (of representative leaders of people) 1g) merchant-princes (of rank and dignity) 1h) patron-angel 1i) Ruler of rulers (of God) 1j) warden">8269 [e] שַׂ֣ר śar the captain N-msc 1a) cook (who also killed the animal for food) 1b) guardsmen, bodyguard">2876 [e] הַטַּבָּחִ֧ים haṭ-ṭab-bā-ḥîm of the guard Art | N-mp 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 1) the eldest son of Jacob by Rachel 2) father of Igal, who represented the tribe of Issachar among the spies 3) a son of Asaph 4) a man who took a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 5) a priest of the family of Shebaniah in the time of Nehemiah">3130 [e] יוֹסֵ֛ף yō-w-sêp̄ Joseph N-proper-ms 1a) with, together with 1b) with (of relationship) 1c) near (of place) 1d) with (poss.) 1e) from...with, from (with other prep)">854 [e] אִתָּ֖ם ’it-tām with them Prep | 3mp 8334 [e] וַיְשָׁ֣רֶת way-šā-reṯ and he served Conj-w | V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms 853 [e] אֹתָ֑ם ’ō-ṯām; them DirObjM | 3mp 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone">1961 [e] וַיִּהְי֥וּ way-yih-yū So they were Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow">3117 [e] יָמִ֖ים yā-mîm a while N-mp 1a) jail, prison, guard-house 1b) guard, guard post, act of guarding 1c) observances">4929 [e] בְּמִשְׁמָֽר׃ bə-miš-mār. in custody Prep-b | N-ms

New American Standard Bible
The captain of the bodyguard put Joseph in charge of them, and he took care of them; and they were in confinement for some time.

King James Bible
And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The captain of the guard assigned Joseph to them, and he became their personal attendant. And they were in custody for some time.

the captain.

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Psalm 37:5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

a season. {Yamim,} literally days; how long is uncertain, though the word may signify, as many suppose, a complete year (see

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