Genesis 37:7

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

"We were binding sheaves in the field when suddenly my sheaf stood up and remained upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine."

📖 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

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood around, and bowed to my sheaf.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  for, behold, we were binding{H481} sheaves{H485} in the field,{H7704} and, lo, my sheaf{H485} arose,{H6965} and also stood upright;{H5324} and, behold, your sheaves{H485} came round about,{H5437} and made obeisance{H7812} to my sheaf.{H485}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For, behold, we were binding{H481}{(H8764)}{H8432} sheaves{H485} in the field{H7704}, and, lo, my sheaf{H485} arose{H6965}{(H8804)}, and also stood upright{H5324}{(H8738)}; and, behold, your sheaves{H485} stood round about{H5437}{(H8799)}, and made obeisance{H7812}{(H8691)} to my sheaf{H485}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Beholde we were makynge sheues in the felde: and loo my shefe arose and stode vpright and youres stode rounde aboute and made obeysaunce to my shefe.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Me thought we were byndinge sheeues vpo ye felde, & my shefe arose, and stode vp, and youre sheeues rounde aboute made obeysaunce vnto my shefe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Beholde nowe, wee were binding sheues in the middes of the field: and loe, my shefe arose and also stoode vpright, and behold, your sheues compassed rounde about, and did reuerence to my shefe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Beholde, we were byndyng sheaues in the fielde: and lo, my sheafe arose and stoode vpright, & beholde, your sheaues stoode rounde about, and made obeysaunce to my sheafe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  that, lo, we are binding bundles in the midst of the field, and lo, my bundle hath arisen, and hath also stood up, and lo, your bundles are round about, and bow themselves to my bundle.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.

• World English Bible (2000)

  for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the middle of the field. Suddenly my sheaf rose up and stood upright and your sheaves surrounded my sheaf and bowed down to it!”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 42:6 : 6 Now Joseph was the ruler over the land, the one who sold grain to all its people. Joseph's brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.
• Gen 42:9 : 9 Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, 'You are spies! You have come to see the weakness of the land.'
• Gen 43:26 : 26 When Joseph came home, they presented him the gift they had brought with them and bowed to the ground before him.
• Gen 44:14 : 14 Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph's house while he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.
• Gen 44:19 : 19 My lord asked his servants, saying, 'Do you have a father or a brother?'"
• Phil 2:10 : 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow—in heaven, on earth, and under the earth—
• Col 1:18 : 18 And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything He might have the supremacy.