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וָאֵ֖רֶא בַּחֲלֹמִ֑י וְהִנֵּ֣ה׀ שֶׁ֣בַע שִׁבֳּלִ֗ים עֹלֹ֛ת בְּקָנֶ֥ה אֶחָ֖ד מְלֵאֹ֥ת וְטֹבֽוֹת׃ 23 וְהִנֵּה֙ שֶׁ֣בַע שִׁבֳּלִ֔ים צְנֻמ֥וֹת דַּקּ֖וֹת שְׁדֻפ֣וֹת קָדִ֑ים צֹמְח֖וֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃ 24 וַתִּבְלַ֨עְןָ֙ הָשִׁבֳּלִ֣ים הַדַּקֹּ֔ת אֵ֛ת שֶׁ֥בַע הַֽשִׁבֳּלִ֖ים הַטֹּב֑וֹת וָֽאֹמַר֙ אֶל־הַֽחַרְטֻמִּ֔ים וְאֵ֥ין מַגִּ֖יד לִֽי׃

Vocabulary

Verse 22

            חלום noun: “dream” (BDB, 321)

            שׁבלת noun: “ear (of grain)” (BDB, 987)

            קנה noun: “stalk, reed” (BDB, 889)

            מלא adjective: “full” (BDB, 570)

Verse 23

            שׁבלת noun: “ear (of grain)” (BDB, 987)

            צנם “dry, hard” (BDB, 856)

            דק adjective: “thin, small” (BDB, 201)

            שׁדף verb (Qal passive participle f.pl. abs.): “scorch” (BDB, 995)

            קדים noun: “east wind; East” (BDB, 870)

            צמח verb: “sprout; grow up” (BDB, 855)

Verse 24

בלע        verb: “swallow; engulf” (BDB, 118)

            שׁבלת noun: “ear (of grain)” (BDB, 987)

            חרטם noun: “magician, soothsayer” (BDB, 355)

Syntax & Misc.

Verse 22

• Embedded Structure L (וָאֵ֖רֶא בַּחֲלֹמִ֑י): V-M
• Embedded Structure M (וְהִנֵּ֣ה׀ שֶׁ֣בַע שִׁבֳּלִ֗ים עֹלֹ֛ת בְּקָנֶ֥ה אֶחָ֖ד מְלֵאֹ֥ת וְטֹבֽוֹת): S-V-M
• The active participles in the following verses are used verbally.

Verse 23

• Embedded Structure N (וְהִנֵּה֙ שֶׁ֣בַע שִׁבֳּלִ֔ים צְנֻמ֥וֹת דַּקּ֖וֹת שְׁדֻפ֣וֹת קָדִ֑ים צֹמְח֖וֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם): S-V-M
• The three adjectives are not conjoined by a connective (cf. 41:6).

Verse 24

• Embedded Structure O (וַתִּבְלַ֨עְןָ֙ הָשִׁבֳּלִ֣ים הַדַּקֹּ֔ת אֵ֛ת שֶׁ֥בַע הַֽשִׁבֳּלִ֖ים הַטֹּב֑וֹת): V-S-O
• Embedded Structure P (וָֽאֹמַר֙ אֶל־הַֽחַרְטֻמִּ֔ים): V-M
• Embedded Structure Q (וְאֵ֥ין מַגִּ֖יד לִֽי): P

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר פַּרְעֹ֖ה אֶל־יוֹסֵ֑ף בַּחֲלֹמִ֕י הִנְנִ֥י עֹמֵ֖ד עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת הַיְאֹֽר׃ 18 וְהִנֵּ֣ה מִן־הַיְאֹ֗ר עֹלֹת֙ שֶׁ֣בַע פָּר֔וֹת בְּרִיא֥וֹת בָּשָׂ֖ר וִיפֹ֣ת תֹּ֑אַר וַתִּרְעֶ֖ינָה בָּאָֽחוּ׃ 19 וְהִנֵּ֞ה שֶֽׁבַע־פָּר֤וֹת אֲחֵרוֹת֙ עֹל֣וֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ן דַּלּ֨וֹת וְרָע֥וֹת תֹּ֛אַר מְאֹ֖ד וְרַקּ֣וֹת בָּשָׂ֑ר לֹֽא־רָאִ֧יתִי כָהֵ֛נָּה בְּכָל־אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם לָרֹֽעַ׃ 20 וַתֹּאכַ֨לְנָה֙ הַפָּר֔וֹת הָרַקּ֖וֹת וְהָרָע֑וֹת אֵ֣ת שֶׁ֧בַע הַפָּר֛וֹת הָרִאשֹׁנ֖וֹת הַבְּרִיאֹֽת׃ 21 וַתָּבֹ֣אנָה אֶל־קִרְבֶּ֗נָה וְלֹ֤א נוֹדַע֙ כִּי־בָ֣אוּ אֶל־קִרְבֶּ֔נָה וּמַרְאֵיהֶ֣ן רַ֔ע כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר בַּתְּחִלָּ֑ה וָאִיקָֽץ׃

Vocabulary

Verse 17

            חלום noun: “dream” (BDB, 321)

            שׂפה noun: “edge; lip”

            יאר noun: “Nile” (BDB, 384)

Verse 18

            יאר noun: “Nile” (BDB, 384)

            פרה noun: “cow” (BDB, 831)

            בריא adjective: “fat” (BDB, 135)

            יפה adjective: “fair, beautiful” (BDB, 421)

            תאר noun: “form, appearance” (BDB, 1061)

Verse 19

            רעה verb: “graze; pasture” (BDB, 944)

            אחו noun: “reeds” (BDB, 28)

            פרה noun: “cow” (BDB, 831)

            אחר adjective: “another” (BDB, 166)

            דל noun: “poor, weak” (BDB, 195)

            תאר noun: “form, appearance” (BDB, 1061)

        רק adjective: “weak, thin” (BDB, 956)

            רע noun: “bad, evil”

Verse 20

            פרה noun: “cow” (BDB, 831)

        רק adjective: “weak, thin” (BDB, 956)

            ראשׁון adjective: “first”

            בריא adjective: “fat” (BDB, 135)  

Verse 21

            מראה noun: “appearance, vision” (BDB, 909)

            תחלה noun: “beginning” (BDB, 321)

            יקץ verb: “awake” (BDB, 429)

Syntax & Misc.

Verse 17

• Clause Structure 1 (וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר פַּרְעֹ֖ה אֶל־יוֹסֵ֑ף בַּחֲלֹמִ֕י הִנְנִ֥י עֹמֵ֖ד עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת הַיְאֹֽר): V-S-M-O
• Embedded Structure A (בַּחֲלֹמִ֕י הִנְנִ֥י עֹמֵ֖ד עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת הַיְאֹֽר): M-S-V-M
• One also finds הנה introducing a vision in Gen. 37:7 (J-M 121f).
• The participle is functioning verbally with the speaker as the expressed subject (GKC 116o).  The pronoun does not follow the particle (הנה אני), but attaches as a suffix, הנני.

Verse 18

• Embedded Structure B (וְהִנֵּ֣ה מִן־הַיְאֹ֗ר עֹלֹת֙ שֶׁ֣בַע פָּר֔וֹת בְּרִיא֥וֹת בָּשָׂ֖ר וִיפֹ֣ת תֹּ֑אַר): M-V-S
• Embedded Structure C (וַתִּרְעֶ֖ינָה בָּאָֽחוּ): V-M

Verse 19

• Embedded Structure D (וְהִנֵּ֞ה שֶֽׁבַע־פָּר֤וֹת אֲחֵרוֹת֙ עֹל֣וֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ן דַּלּ֨וֹת וְרָע֥וֹת תֹּ֛אַר מְאֹ֖ד וְרַקּ֣וֹת בָּשָׂ֑ר): S-V-M
• Embedded Structure E (לֹֽא־רָאִ֧יתִי כָהֵ֛נָּה בְּכָל־אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם לָרֹֽעַ): V-M
• The lamed preposition may be best understood as, “as regards” (see further W-O 39.11.1.2.1).

Verse 20

• Embedded Structure F (וַתֹּאכַ֨לְנָה֙ הַפָּר֔וֹת הָרַקּ֖וֹת וְהָרָע֑וֹת אֵ֣ת שֶׁ֧בַע הַפָּר֛וֹת הָרִאשֹׁנ֖וֹת הַבְּרִיאֹֽת): V-S-O

Verse 21

• Embedded Structure G (וַתָּבֹ֣אנָה אֶל־קִרְבֶּ֗נָה): V-M
• The verb, בא, is used euphemistically for eating.
• For the suffix form, see J-M 94h.
• Embedded Structure H (וְלֹ֤א נוֹדַע֙): V
• Embedded Structure I (כִּי־בָ֣אוּ אֶל־קִרְבֶּ֔נָה): V-M
• Embedded Structure J (וּמַרְאֵיהֶ֣ן רַ֔ע כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר בַּתְּחִלָּ֑ה): S-P
• Embedded Structure K (וָאִיקָֽץ): V

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח פַּרְעֹה֙ וַיִּקְרָ֣א אֶת־יוֹסֵ֔ף וַיְרִיצֻ֖הוּ מִן־הַבּ֑וֹר וַיְגַלַּח֙ וַיְחַלֵּ֣ף שִׂמְלֹתָ֔יו וַיָּבֹ֖א אֶל־פַּרְעֹֽה׃ 15 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר פַּרְעֹה֙ אֶל־יוֹסֵ֔ף חֲל֣וֹם חָלַ֔מְתִּי וּפֹתֵ֖ר אֵ֣ין אֹתוֹ֑ וַאֲנִ֗י שָׁמַ֤עְתִּי עָלֶ֨יךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר תִּשְׁמַ֥ע חֲל֖וֹם לִפְתֹּ֥ר אֹתוֹֽ׃ 16 וַיַּ֨עַן יוֹסֵ֧ף אֶת־פַּרְעֹ֛ה לֵאמֹ֖ר בִּלְעָדָ֑י אֱלֹהִ֕ים יַעֲנֶ֖ה אֶת־שְׁל֥וֹם פַּרְעֹֽה׃

Vocabulary

Verse 14

            רץ verb (Hiphil waw-consecutive imperfect mpl): “bring quickly” (BDB, 930)

            בור noun: “pit, well”

            צלח verb: “shave” (BDB, 164)

            חלף verb: “(cause to) change”  (BDB, 322)

            שֹמלה noun: “cloak” (BDB, 971)

Verse 15

            חלום noun: “dream” (BDB, 321)

            חלם verb: “dream” (BDB, 321)

            פתר verb: “interpret” (BDB, 837)

Verse 16

            בלעדי preposition: “apart from” (BDB, 116)

Syntax & Misc.

Verse 14

• Clause Structure 1 (וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח פַּרְעֹה֙): V-S
• Clause Structure 2 (וַיִּקְרָ֣א אֶת־יוֹסֵ֔ף): V-O
• Clause Structure 3 (וַיְרִיצֻ֖הוּ מִן־הַבּ֑וֹר): V-O-M
• An indefinite, impersonal, or unspecified plural entity is used as the subject (GKC 144f; J-M 155b).
• Clause Structure 4 (וַיְגַלַּח֙): V
• Clause Structure 5 (וַיְחַלֵּ֣ף שִׂמְלֹתָ֔יו): V-O
• Clause Structure 6 (וַיָּבֹ֖א אֶל־פַּרְעֹֽה): V-O

Verse 15

• Clause Structure 1 (וַיֹּ֤אמֶר פַּרְעֹה֙ אֶל־יוֹסֵ֔ף חֲל֣וֹם חָלַ֔מְתִּי וּפֹתֵ֖ר אֵ֣ין אֹתוֹ֑ וַאֲנִ֗י שָׁמַ֤עְתִּי עָלֶ֨יךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר תִּשְׁמַ֥ע חֲל֖וֹם לִפְתֹּ֥ר אֹתוֹֽ): V-S-M-O
• Embedded Structure A (חֲל֣וֹם חָלַ֔מְתִּי): O-V
• Embedded Structure B (וּפֹתֵ֖ר אֵ֣ין אֹתוֹ֑): S-P
• The expected order אין פתר אתו appears to be reversed to highlight the clause disjunction (J-M 157ca).
• Embedded Structure C (וַאֲנִ֗י שָׁמַ֤עְתִּי עָלֶ֨יךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר תִּשְׁמַ֥ע חֲל֖וֹם לִפְתֹּ֥ר אֹתוֹֽ): S-V-M-O
• For similar examples of the preposition על, see W-O 11.2.13g.
• Embedded Structure i (תִּשְׁמַ֥ע חֲל֖וֹם לִפְתֹּ֥ר אֹתוֹֽ): V-O-M
• The “indirect speech” to which Pharaoh refers is relayed as direct speech (J-M 157ca).

Verse 16

• Clause Structure 1 (וַיַּ֨עַן יוֹסֵ֧ף אֶת־פַּרְעֹ֛ה לֵאמֹ֖ר בִּלְעָדָ֑י אֱלֹהִ֕ים יַעֲנֶ֖ה אֶת־שְׁל֥וֹם פַּרְעֹֽה):
• Embedded Structure A (בִּלְעָדָ֑י): P
• In an answer to a direct inquiry, the referent pronoun is often omitted.
• Embedded Structure B (אֱלֹהִ֕ים יַעֲנֶ֖ה אֶת־שְׁל֥וֹם פַּרְעֹֽה): S-V-M-O

A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z

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