Genesis 37:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְ֠הִנֵּה אֲנַ֜חְנוּ מְאַלְּמִ֤ים אֲלֻמִּים֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֛ה קָ֥מָה אֲלֻמָּתִ֖י וְגַם־נִצָּ֑בָה וְהִנֵּ֤ה תְסֻבֶּ֙ינָה֙ אֲלֻמֹּ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וַתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖יןָ לַאֲלֻמָּתִֽי׃

Transliteration

And wə-hinnê we məʾalləmîm ʾălummîm in the midst of the ha-śāḏê, and wə-hinnê qāmâ my ʾălummāṯî and also-niṣṣāḇâ; and wə-hinnê ṯəsubbênâ your ʾălummōṯêḵem and wə-tištaḥăwênā to my la-ʾălummāṯî

Grammar Details

*wə-hinnê*: conjunction with demonstrative particle - 'and behold/look'
*məʾalləmîm*: piel participle, masculine plural - 'binding/gathering sheaves'
*ʾălummîm*: noun, masculine plural - 'sheaves/bundles'
*ha-śāḏê*: definite article with noun, masculine singular - 'the field'
*qāmâ*: verb, perfect 3rd feminine singular - 'arose/stood up'
*ʾălummāṯî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st common singular suffix - 'my sheaf'
*niṣṣāḇâ*: niphal perfect 3rd feminine singular - 'stood upright/established'
*ṯəsubbênâ*: imperfect 3rd feminine plural - 'they went around/surrounded'
*ʾălummōṯêḵem*: noun, feminine plural with 2nd masculine plural suffix - 'your sheaves'
*wə-tištaḥăwênā*: waw-consecutive with imperfect 3rd feminine plural - 'and they bowed down'

Word Meanings

*məʾalləmîm* *ʾălummîm*: binding sheaves/gathering bundles
*niṣṣāḇâ*: stood upright/remained standing/was established

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Referenced Verses

Gen 42:6 : 6 And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth.
Gen 42:9 : 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
Gen 43:26 : 26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down themselves to him to the earth.
Gen 44:14 : 14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; and he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
Gen 44:19 : 19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
Phil 2:10 : 10 that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven and [things] on earth and [things] under the earth,
Col 1:18 : 18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

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