Genesis

Genesis 37:10

10He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
He toldוַיְסַפֵּ֣רway·sap·pêrConjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH5608 count
his fatherאָבִיו֮’ā·ḇîwNoun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singularH1 father
and brothersאֶחָיו֒’e·ḥāwNoun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singularH251 brother
but his fatherאָבִ֔יו’ā·ḇîwNoun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singularH1 father
rebukedוַיִּגְעַר־way·yiḡ·‘ar-Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH1605 rebuke
himבּ֣וֹbōwPreposition; third person masculine singular
and saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרway·yō·merConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH559 utter, say
Whatמָ֛הmāhInterrogativeH4100 what? how? aught
is this dreamהַזֶּ֖הhaz·zehArticle; Pronoun - masculine singularH2088 this, that
thatאֲשֶׁ֣ר’ă·šerPronoun - relativeH834 particle of relation
you have hadהַחֲל֥וֹםha·ḥă·lō·wmArticle; Noun - masculine singularH2472 dream
Will your motherוְאִמְּךָ֣wə·’im·mə·ḵāConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singularH517 mother
and brothersוְאַחֶ֔יךָwə·’a·ḥe·ḵāConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singularH251 brother
and Iאֲנִי֙’ă·nîPronoun - first person common singularH589 I
actuallyהֲב֣וֹאhă·ḇō·wVerb - Qal - Infinitive absoluteH935 come in, come, go in, go
comeנָב֗וֹאnā·ḇō·wVerb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common pluralH935 come in, come, go in, go
and bow downלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֥תlə·hiš·ta·ḥă·wōṯPreposition-l; Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive constructH7812 bow down
to the groundאָֽרְצָה׃’ā·rə·ṣāhNoun - feminine singular; third person feminine singularH776 earth, land
before youלְךָ֖lə·ḵāPreposition; second person masculine singular

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