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Genesis 40:16

וַ יַּרְא שַׂר הָ אֹפִים כִּי טֹוב פָּתָר וַ יֹּאמֶר אֶל יֹוסֵף אַף אֲנִי בַּ חֲלֹומִי וְ הִנֵּה שְׁלֹשָׁה סַלֵּי חֹרִי עַל רֹאשִׁי
And the prince of Those-who-bake is seeing for he has divided good, and he is saying toward He-Adds, `Also myself is in my Bonded-one, and behold, three reed-baskets1221 of a white-one1222 are upon my shaking-one,
1221

Strong’s #5536, sal. From salal; properly, a willow twig (as pendulous), i.e. An osier; but only as woven into a basket -- basket.

“properly a slender rod, (root salal), of which baskets are woven; hence a basket woven of rods…properly a basket made of reeds…” -Gesenius