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And look,וְהִנֵּהsevenשֶׁבַעears,שִׁבֳּלִיםwithered,צְנֻמוֹתthin,דַּקּוֹתscorchedשְׁדֻפוֹתby the east wind,קָדִיםsproutedצֹמְחוֹתafter them.אַחֲרֵיהֶם
Genesis 41:23
Study it in the app“And look, seven ears, withered, thin, scorched by the east wind, sprouted after them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 41:23, word by word
- 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- witheredצְנֻמוֹתtsenumot
withered
Withered, shriveled. It occurs only in Genesis 41:23.
Where else “tsenumot” appears- thinדַּקּוֹתdakot
thin
With little flesh or thickness, weak-looking.
Where else “dakot” appears- scorchedשְׁדֻפוֹתshedufot
scorch
Scorch, blight (said of the hot wind on plants).
Where else “shedufot” appears- by the east windקָדִיםkadim
east wind
A hot, dry wind from the desert that scorches plants.
Where else “kadim” appears- sproutedצֹמְחוֹתtsomchot
sprout
Sprout, spring up; begin to grow.
Where else “tsomchot” appears
The context
22I saw in my dream, and look, seven ears coming up on one stalk, full and good.
23 · This verse (above)
24The thin ears swallowed the seven good ears. I told it to the magicians, but there is no one who can declare it to me.”
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?