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They saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto one another,אִישׁ אֶל אָחִיו“Look,הִנֵּהhere comesבָּאthisהַלָּזֶהdreamer!בַּעַל הַחֲלֹמוֹת
Genesis 37:19
Study it in the app“They said to one another, “Look, here comes this dreamer!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 37:19, word by word
- They saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- to one anotherאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- to one anotherאָחִיachi
one another
Together with "one", it is used to say "one another".
Where else “achi” appears- here comesבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- thisהַלָּזֶהhalaze
this one here
This one here, that one there: points to someone or something present.
Where else “halaze” appears- dreamerבַּעַלbaal
one having
Literally "lord of": one marked by something, like the "lord of dreams", a dreamer.
Where else “baal” appears- dreamerחֲלֹמוֹתchalomot
dream
Dream: what one sees while asleep. In the Bible, God sometimes speaks through dreams.
Where else “chalomot” appears
The context
18They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they plotted against him to kill him.
19 · This verse (above)
20Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the cisterns, and we will say, ‘A fierce animal devoured him.’ Then we will see what will become of his dreams.”
To study Genesis 37 in a group
1. What it says
What did the brothers do to Joseph, and what did they tell Jacob (vv. 23-33)?
2. What it means
What reasons did the brothers have for hating Joseph (vv. 3-4, 8)?
3. How I live it
How do you handle envy when someone receives more attention than you?