Genesis 40:7
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”

Young's Literal Translation
and he asketh Pharaoh’s eunuchs who [are] with him in charge in the house of his lord, saying, ‘Wherefore [are] your faces sad to-day?’

King James Bible
And he asked Pharaoh's officers that [were] with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye [so] sadly to day?

Hebrew
So he asked
וַיִּשְׁאַ֞ל (way·yiš·’al)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

Pharaoh’s
פַרְעֹ֗ה (p̄ar·‘ōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6547: Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings

officials
סְרִיסֵ֣י (sə·rî·sê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 5631: A eunuch, valet, a minister of state

who
אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

were in custody
בְמִשְׁמַ֛ר (ḇə·miš·mar)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4929: Place of confinement, jail, prison, guard, watch, observance

with him
אִתּ֧וֹ (’it·tōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

in his master’s
אֲדֹנָ֖יו (’ă·ḏō·nāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

house,
בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

“Why
מַדּ֛וּעַ (mad·dū·a‘)
Interrogative
Strong's 4069: Why? for what reason?

are your faces
פְּנֵיכֶ֥ם (pə·nê·ḵem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 6440: The face

so downcast
רָעִ֖ים (rā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

today?”
הַיּֽוֹם׃ (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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