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I sawוָאֵרֶאin my dream,בַּחֲלֹמִיand look,וְהִנֵּהsevenשֶׁבַעearsשִׁבֳּלִיםcoming upעֹלֹתon oneבְּ אֶחָדstalk,קָנֶהfullמְלֵאֹתand good.וְטֹבוֹת
Genesis 41:22
Study it in the app“I saw in my dream, and look, seven ears coming up on one stalk, full and good.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 41:22, word by word
- I sawאֵרֶאere
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ere” appears- in my dreamחֲלֹמִchalomi
dream
Dream: what one sees while asleep. In the Bible, God sometimes speaks through dreams.
Where else “chalomi” appears- sevenשֶׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- earsשִׁבֳּלִיםshibolim
ear of grain
The head of wheat or barley where the kernels are.
Where else “shibolim” appears- coming upעֹלֹתolot
rise
To rise: the sun, the smoke.
Where else “olot” appears- on oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- stalkקָנֶהkane
reed
A tall hollow marsh plant; or a fragrant one.
Where else “kane” appears- fullמְלֵאֹתmeleot
full
Full, complete. "Full silver" is the full price.
Where else “meleot” appears- and goodטֹבוֹתtovot
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tovot” appears
The context
21They 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.
22 · This verse (above)
23And look, seven ears, withered, thin, scorched by the east wind, sprouted after them.
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?