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The thinהַדַּקֹּתearsהָשִׁבֳּלִיםswallowedוַתִּבְלַעְןָthe sevenאֵת שֶׁבַעgoodהַטֹּבוֹתears.הַשִׁבֳּלִיםI told itוָאֹמַרto the magicians,אֶל הַחַרְטֻמִּיםbut there is no oneוְאֵיןwho can declare itמַגִּידto me.”לִי
Genesis 41:24
Study it in the app“The thin ears swallowed the seven good ears. I told it to the magicians, but there is no one who can declare it to me.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 41:24, word by word
- The thinדַּקֹּתdakot
thin
With little flesh or thickness, weak-looking.
Where else “dakot” appears- earsשִׁבֳּלִיםshibolim
ear of grain
The head of wheat or barley where the kernels are.
Where else “shibolim” appears- swallowedתִּבְלַעְןָtivlana
swallow
Swallow, swallow up; hence, destroy.
Where else “tivlana” appears- the sevenשֶׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- goodטֹּבוֹתtovot
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tovot” appears- I told itאֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- to the magiciansחַרְטֻמִּיםchartumim
magicians
Magicians: Egyptian experts devoted to interpreting dreams and signs and to secret arts.
Where else “chartumim” appears- who can declare itמַגִּידmagid
explain
To make known the meaning of a dream.
Where else “magid” appears
The context
23And look, seven ears, withered, thin, scorched by the east wind, sprouted after them.
24 · This verse (above)
25Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one. What Elohim is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.
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?