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He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵיהֶם“Listen,שִׁמְעוּplease,נָאto thisהַזֶּהdreamהַחֲלוֹםthatאֲשֶׁרI have dreamed:חָלָמְתִּי
Genesis 37:6
Study it in the app“He said to them, “Listen, please, to this dream that I have dreamed:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 37:6, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Listenשִׁמְעוּshimu
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shimu” appears- dreamחֲלוֹםchalom
dream
To see images and scenes while asleep.
Where else “chalom” appears
The context
5Joseph dreamed a dream and told it to his brothers, and they hated him even more.
6 · This verse (above)
7Look, we were binding sheaves in the middle of the field, and look, my sheaf rose and also stood upright; and look, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down before my sheaf.”
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?