Genesis 37:10
He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
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ASV
And he told it to his father, and to his brethren; and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
KJV
And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְסַפֵּ֣ר | vay.sa.Per | and he recounted [it] | H5608 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| אָבִיו֮ | 'a.Viv | father his | H1 → |
| וְאֶל־ | ve.'el- | and to | H413 → |
| אֶחָיו֒ | 'e.Chav | brothers his | H251 → |
| וַיִּגְעַר־ | vai.yig.'ar- | and he rebuked | H1605 → |
| בּ֣וֹ | bo | <in> <the> him | |
| אָבִ֔יו | 'a.Viv | father his | H1 → |
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| ל֔וֹ | lo | to <the> him | |
| מָ֛ה | mah | what? | H4100 → |
| הַחֲל֥וֹם | ha.cha.Lom | [is] the dream | H2472 → |
| הַזֶּ֖ה | ha.Zeh | <the> this | H2088 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| חָלָ֑מְתָּ | cha.La.me.ta | you have dreamed | H2492 → |
| הֲב֣וֹא | ha.Vo' | ¿ really <come> | H935 → |
| נָב֗וֹא | na.Vo' | will we come | H935 → |
| אֲנִי֙ | 'a.Ni | I | H589 → |
| וְאִמְּךָ֣ | ve.'i.me.Kha | and mother your | H517 → |
| וְאַחֶ֔יךָ | ve.'a.Chei.kha | and brothers your | H251 → |
| לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֥ת | le.hish.ta.cha.Vot | to bow down | H7812 → |
| לְךָ֖ | le.Kha | to <the> you | |
| אָֽרְצָה׃ | 'A.re.tzah | [the] ground towards | H776 → |
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