They wentוַתָּבֹאנָהinto their bellies,אֶל קִרְבֶּנָהbut it could not be knownוְלֹא נוֹדַעthatכִּיthey had goneבָאוּinto their bellies,אֶל קִרְבֶּנָהand their appearanceוּמַרְאֵיהֶןwas uglyרַעjust asכַּאֲשֶׁרat the beginning.בַּתְּחִלָּהThen I woke up.וָאִיקָץ
Genesis 41:21
Study it in the app“They went into their bellies, but it could not be known that they had gone into their bellies, and their appearance was ugly just as at the beginning. Then I woke up.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 41:21, word by word
- They wentתָּבֹאנָהtavona
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavona” appears- into their belliesקִרְבֶּkirbe
entrails
The organs inside the animal, its guts.
Where else “kirbe” appears- but it could not be knownנוֹדַעnoda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “noda” appears- and their appearanceמַרְאֵיmare
appearance
The appearance of someone or something: how it looks, beautiful or ugly.
Where else “mare” appears- was uglyרַעra
bad
Poor in quality, unpleasant to look at, or downcast.
Where else “ra” appears- at the beginningתְּחִלָּהtechila
beginning
Beginning, start; "at first".
Where else “techila” appears- Then I woke upאִיקָץikats
wake up
Wake up, awake.
Where else “ikats” appears
The context
20The lean and ugly cows ate up the first seven fat cows.
21 · This verse (above)
22I saw in my dream, and look, seven ears coming up on one stalk, full and good.
To study Genesis 41 in a group
1. What it says
What did Pharaoh dream, and what plan did Joseph propose (vv. 1-7, 33-36)?
2. What it means
Why did Pharaoh recognize that the spirit of Elohim was in Joseph (v. 38)?
3. How I live it
What can you wisely prepare today for hard times that might come?