Study it in the app“And 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.”
And the sevenוְשֶׁבַעleanהָרַקּוֹתand uglyוְהָרָעֹתcowsהַפָּרוֹתthat came upהָעֹלֹתafter themאַחֲרֵיהֶןareהֵנָּהsevenשֶׁבַעyears,שָׁנִיםand the sevenוְשֶׁבַעemptyהָרֵקוֹתears,הַשִׁבֳּלִיםscorchedשְׁדֻפוֹתby the east wind,הַקָּדִיםwill beיִהְיוּsevenשֶׁבַעyearsשְׁנֵיof famine.רָעָב
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appearsthin
Thin, lean.
Where else “rakot” appearsbad
Poor in quality, unpleasant to look at, or downcast.
Where else “raot” appearscow
Cow, heifer.
Where else “parot” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “olot” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appearsempty
Empty; figuratively, worthless, idle.
Where else “rekot” appearsear of grain
The head of wheat or barley where the kernels are.
Where else “shibolim” appearsscorch
Scorch, blight (said of the hot wind on plants).
Where else “shedufot” appearseast wind
A hot, dry wind from the desert that scorches plants.
Where else “kadim” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appearsfamine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appears26The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dream is one.
27 · This verse (above)
28This is the thing that I said to Pharaoh: what Elohim is about to do he has shown Pharaoh.
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?
