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The sevenשֶׁבַעgoodהַטֹּבֹתcowsפָּרֹתareהֵנָּהsevenשֶׁבַעyears,שָׁנִיםand the sevenוְשֶׁבַעgoodהַטֹּבֹתearsהַשִּׁבֳּלִיםareהֵנָּהsevenשֶׁבַעyears;שָׁנִיםthe dreamחֲלוֹםisהוּאone.אֶחָד
Genesis 41:26
Study it in the app“The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dream is one.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 41:26, word by word
- The sevenשֶׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- goodטֹּבֹתtovot
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tovot” appears- cowsפָּרֹתparot
cow
Cow, heifer.
Where else “parot” appears- yearsשָׁנִיםshanim
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appears- earsשִּׁבֳּלִיםshibolim
ear of grain
The head of wheat or barley where the kernels are.
Where else “shibolim” appears- the dreamחֲלוֹםchalom
dream
Dream: what one sees while asleep. In the Bible, God sometimes speaks through dreams.
Where else “chalom” appears- oneאֶחָדechad
united
United as one: "YHWH is one".
Where else “echad” appears
The context
25Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one. What Elohim is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.
26 · This verse (above)
27And the seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears, scorched by the east wind, will be seven years of famine.
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?