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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,
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Strong’s #2751, chori. Masculine singular noun. From the root chavar (#2357) to grow white/pale. This has been interpreted as white bread assuming that it was made from a fine flour. Cf. Gesenius, Fuerst, etc.