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Genesis 37:9 — King James Version← Study notes

And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.


Genesis 37:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 37:920 words
וַיַּחֲלֹםwayaḥălōmAnd bind firmly
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
חֲלוֹםḥălwōmDream
אַחֵרʾaḥērHinder
וַיְסַפֵּרwayəsapērAnd score
אֹתוֹʾōtwō
לְאֶחָיוləʾeḥāywTo brother
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
חָלַמְתִּיḥālamətîBind firmly
חֲלוֹםḥălwōmDream
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
הַשֶּׁמֶשׁhašemešThe sun
וְהַיָּרֵחַwəhayārēḥaAnd the moon
וְאַחַדwəʾaḥadAnd united
עָשָׂרʿāśārTen
כּוֹכָבִיםkwōḵāvîmStar
מִשְׁתַּחֲוִיםmišətaḥăwîmDepress
לִיTo
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּחֲלֹםwayaḥălōmAnd bind firmly
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
חֲלוֹםḥălwōmDream
אַחֵרʾaḥērHinder
וַיְסַפֵּרwayəsapērAnd score
אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)
לְאֶחָיוləʾeḥāywTo brother
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
חָלַמְתִּיḥālamətîBind firmly
חֲלוֹםḥălwōmDream
עוֹדʿwōdIteration
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
הַשֶּׁמֶשׁhašemešThe sun
וְהַיָּרֵחַwəhayārēḥaAnd the moon
וְאַחַדwəʾaḥadAnd united
עָשָׂרʿāśārTen
כּוֹכָבִיםkwōḵāvîmStar
מִשְׁתַּחֲוִיםmišətaḥăwîmDepress
לִיTo

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