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 37:7 — Hebrew 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
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