Genesis
Genesis 41:3
3After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| After them | אַחֲרֵיהֶן֙ | ’a·ḥă·rê·hen | Preposition; third person feminine plural | H310 behind |
| seven | שֶׁ֧בַע | še·ḇa‘ | Number - feminine singular | H7651 seven |
| other | אֲחֵר֗וֹת | ’ă·ḥê·rō·wṯ | Adjective - feminine plural | H312 another |
| cows | פָּר֣וֹת | pā·rō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural | H6510 heifer, cow |
| sickly | רָע֥וֹת | rā·‘ō·wṯ | Adjective - feminine plural construct | H7451 bad, evil |
| and thin | וְדַקּ֣וֹת | wə·ḏaq·qō·wṯ | Conjunctive waw; Adjective - feminine plural construct | H1851 thin, small, fine |
| came up | עֹל֤וֹת | ‘ō·lō·wṯ | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural | H5927 go up, ascend, climb |
| from | מִן־ | min- | Preposition | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| the Nile | הַיְאֹ֔ר | hay·’ōr | Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H2975 stream |
| and stood | וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֛דְנָה | wat·ta·‘ă·mō·ḏə·nāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural | H5975 take one's stand, stand |
| beside | אֵ֥צֶל | ’ê·ṣel | Preposition | H681 conjunction, proximity |
| the | הַפָּר֖וֹת | hap·pā·rō·wṯ | Article; Noun - feminine plural | H6510 heifer, cow |
| on | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the bank | שְׂפַ֥ת | śə·p̄aṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H8193 lip, speech, edge |
| of the river | הַיְאֹֽר׃ | hay·’ōr | Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H2975 stream |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.