1)

What are the connotations of, "Yisa Pharaoh Es Roshecha"?

1.

Rashi and Rashbam: It is an expression of counting (or appointing). When Pharaoh counts (or appoints) his other servants to serve him during the party, he will also count the butler among them.

2.

Targum Yonasan: 'Pharaoh will (remember you, and) elevate you honorably....'

2)

What are the implications of the phrase, "ka'Mishpat ha'Rishon Asher Hayisa Mashkeihu"? What is its significance?

1.

Seforno: It implies the time when he had served Pharaoh as his personal butler, prior to his appointment to the position of chief butler. This was an indication of the deep affection that Pharaoh had for him, and was a sign that he accepted him back with open arms.

QUESTIONS ON RASHI

3)

Rashi writes: "'Yisa... Es Roshecha' -... When [Pharaoh] counts his other servants to serve him at the feast, he will count you among them." Why does Rashi mention the others?

1.

Gur Aryeh: In this verse, the term 'Yisa Rosh' means counting. 1 One cannot count just one person; it must mean that the butler would be counted among his colleagues.


1

As opposed to below, in 40:19, regarding the baker, where the same term means 'beheading.'

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