Genesis 37:7
We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”
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ASV
for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves came round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
KJV
For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
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Commentary
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16 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְ֠הִנֵּה | Ve.hi.neh | and there! | H2009 → |
| אֲנַ֜חְנוּ | 'a.Nach.nu | we | H587 → |
| מְאַלְּמִ֤ים | me.'a.le.Mim | [were] binding | H481 → |
| אֲלֻמִּים֙ | 'a.lu.Mim | sheaves | H485 → |
| בְּת֣וֹךְ | be.Tokh | in [the] middle of | H8432 → |
| הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה | ha.sa.Deh | the field | H7704 → |
| וְהִנֵּ֛ה | ve.hi.Neh | and there! | H2009 → |
| קָ֥מָה | Ka.mah | it arose | H6965 → |
| אֲלֻמָּתִ֖י | 'a.lu.ma.Ti | sheaf my | H485 → |
| וְגַם־ | ve.gam- | and also | H1571 → |
| נִצָּ֑בָה | ni.Tza.vah | it stood upright | H5324 → |
| וְהִנֵּ֤ה | ve.hi.Neh | and there! | H2009 → |
| תְסֻבֶּ֙ינָה֙ | te.su.Bei.nah | they gathered round | H5437 → |
| אֲלֻמֹּ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם | 'a.lu.Mo.tei.Khem | sheaves your | H485 → |
| וַתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖יןָ | va.tish.ta.cha.Vei.na | and they bowed down | H7812 → |
| לַאֲלֻמָּתִֽי׃ | la.'a.lu.ma.Ti | to sheaf my | H485 → |
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