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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 40:23/אבן עזרא על בראשית מ׳:כ״ג

אולא זכר שר המשקים. לא הזכירו בפה אל פרעה, וכן "ומשא ד' לא תזכרו עוד" (ירמי' כג לו) "זכר את ושתי" (אסתר ב א):

1YET DID NOT THE CHIEF BUTLER REMEMBER JOSEPH. He did not verbally mention him to Pharaoh.³⁴ (usually translated remembered) here means mentioned, as in make mention of me (ve-hizkartani) unto Pharaoh (v. 14). The words tizkeru (shall ye mention) and zakhar (he remembered), in And the burden of the Lord shall ye mention (tizkeru)³⁵ no more (Jer. 23:36) and he remembered (zakhar) Vashti (Est. 2:1), are similar.

בוישכחהו. בלב

2BUT FORGOT HIM. In his heart.³⁶