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The thinהַדַּקּוֹתearsהַשִּׁבֳּלִיםswallowedוַתִּבְלַעְנָהthe sevenאֵת שֶׁבַעplumpהַבְּרִיאוֹתand fullוְהַמְּלֵאוֹתears.הַשִּׁבֳּלִיםThen Pharaohוַ פַּרְעֹהwoke up,יִּיקַץand look,וְהִנֵּהit was a dream.חֲלוֹם
Genesis 41:7
Study it in the app“The thin ears swallowed the seven plump and full ears. Then Pharaoh woke up, and look, it was a dream.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 41:7, word by word
- The thinדַּקּוֹתdakot
thin
With little flesh or thickness, weak-looking.
Where else “dakot” appears- earsשִּׁבֳּלִיםshibolim
ear of grain
The head of wheat or barley where the kernels are.
Where else “shibolim” appears- swallowedתִּבְלַעְנָהtivlana
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- plumpבְּרִיאוֹתberiot
fat
Fat, well fed.
Where else “beriot” appears- and fullמְּלֵאוֹתmeleot
full
Full, complete. "Full silver" is the full price.
Where else “meleot” appears- Then Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- woke upיִּיקַץyikats
wake up
Wake up, awake.
Where else “yikats” appears- it was a dreamחֲלוֹםchalom
dream
Dream: what one sees while asleep. In the Bible, God sometimes speaks through dreams.
Where else “chalom” appears
The context
6And look, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted after them.
7 · This verse (above)
8In the morning his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dream, but there was no one who could interpret them for 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?