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Genesis 37:7 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Genesis 37:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 37:716 words
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
אֲנַחְנוּʾănaḥənûWe
מְאַלְּמִיםməʾaləmîmTie
אֲלֻמִּיםʾălumîmBound
בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection
הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
קָמָהqāmāhRise
אֲלֻמָּתִיʾălumātîBound
וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage
נִצָּבָהniṣāvāhStation
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
תְסֻבֶּינָהtəsubeynāhRevolve
אֲלֻמֹּתֵיכֶםʾălumōtêḵemBound
וַתִּשְׁתַּחֲוֶיןָwatišətaḥăweynāAnd depress
לַאֲלֻמָּתִיlaʾălumātîTo bound
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
אֲנַחְנוּʾănaḥənûWe
מְאַלְּמִיםməʾaləmîmTie
אֲלֻמִּיםʾălumîmBound
בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection
הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
קָמָהqāmāhRise
אֲלֻמָּתִיʾălumātîBound
וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage
נִצָּבָהniṣāvāhStation
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
תְסֻבֶּינָהtəsubeynāhRevolve
אֲלֻמֹּתֵיכֶםʾălumōtêḵemBound
וַתִּשְׁתַּחֲוֶיןָwatišətaḥăweynāAnd depress
לַאֲלֻמָּתִיlaʾălumātîTo bound

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