so.har denotes the place of confinement where Joseph and other bound prisoners are kept.

The attested use consistently denotes the place where bound prisoners are held: Joseph is put there, its warden oversees prisoners there, and later royal servants are confined there with Joseph.

1. Place where prisoners are confined · dominant

   Across the cited verses, the masculine singular absolute form identifies the confinement location: in Genesis 39:20 the APB renders Joseph as put "into the prison," where the king's prisoners were bound. In Genesis 39:21 and Genesis 39:22 it is the setting of the warden, prisoners, and Joseph's assigned responsibility; Genesis 40:3 and Genesis 40:5 again place bound men there with Joseph.

   Genesis 39:20Genesis 39:21Genesis 39:22Genesis 39:23Genesis 40:3Genesis 40:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB regularly presents the setting as "the prison" in Genesis 39:20, Genesis 39:22, and Genesis 40:3, while Genesis 40:5 has "the prison house." These renderings confirm the verse-level confinement setting rather than establish separate lexical uses.