Genesis 41:18
Strong's Lexicon
וְהִנֵּ֣ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: 1) behold, lo, see, if

when seven
שֶׁ֣בַע (še·ḇa‘)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7651: 1) seven (cardinal number) 1a) as ordinal number 1b) in combination-17, 700 etc

cows,
פָּר֔וֹת (pā·rō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6510: 1) cow, heifer

well-fed
בְּרִיא֥וֹת (bə·rî·’ō·wṯ)
Adjective - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1277: 1) fat 2) (TWOT) fat, fatter, fed, firm, plenteous, rank

בָּשָׂ֖ר (bā·śār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1320: 1) flesh 1a) of the body 1a1) of humans 1a2) of animals 1b) the body itself 1c) male organ of generation (euphemism) 1d) kindred, blood-relations 1e) flesh as frail or erring (man against God) 1f) all living things 1g) animals 1h) mankind

and sleek,
וִיפֹ֣ת (wî·p̄ōṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3303: 1) fair, beautiful, handsome

תֹּ֑אַר (tō·’ar)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8389: 1) shape, form, outline, figure, appearance

came up
עֹלֹת֙ (‘ō·lōṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5927: 1) to go up, ascend, climb 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go up, ascend 1a2) to meet, visit, follow, depart, withdraw, retreat 1a3) to go up, come up (of animals) 1a4) to spring up, grow, shoot forth (of vegetation) 1a5) to go up, go up over, rise (of natural phenomenon) 1a6) to come up (before God) 1a7) to go up, go up over, extend (of boundary) 1a8) to excel, be superior to 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be taken up, be brought up, be taken away 1b2) to take oneself away 1b3) to be exalted 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to bring up, cause to ascend or climb, cause to go up 1c2) to bring up, bring against, take away 1c3) to bring up, draw up, train 1c4) to cause to ascend 1c5) to rouse, stir up (mentally) 1c6) to offer, bring up (of gifts) 1c7) to exalt 1c8) to cause to ascend, offer 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be carried away, be led up 1d2) to be taken up into, be inserted in 1d3) to be offered 1e) (Hithpael) to lift oneself

from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: prep 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that

the river
הַיְאֹ֗ר (hay·’ōr)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2975: 1) river, stream, canal, Nile, Nile-canal 1a) stream, river (Nile) 1b) Nile-arms, Nile-canals 1c) watercourses 1d) shafts (mining) 1e) river (in general)

and began to graze
וַתִּרְעֶ֖ינָה (wat·tir·‘e·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7462: 1) to pasture, tend, graze, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to tend, pasture 1a1a) to shepherd 1a1b) of ruler, teacher (fig) 1a1c) of people as flock (fig) 1a1d) shepherd, herdsman (subst) 1a2) to feed, graze 1a2a) of cows, sheep etc (literal) 1a2b) of idolater, Israel as flock (fig) 1b) (Hiphil) shepherd, shepherdess 2) to associate with, be a friend of (meaning probable) 2a) (Qal) to associate with 2b) (Hithpael) to be companions 3) (Piel) to be a special friend

among the reeds.
בָּאָֽחוּ׃ (bā·’ā·ḥū)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 260: 1) reeds, marsh plants, rushes

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.

Young's Literal Translation
and lo, out of the River coming up are seven kine, fat [in] flesh, and of fair form, and they feed among the reeds;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
when seven well-fed , healthy-looking cows came up from the Nile and began to graze among the reeds.

New American Standard Bible
and behold, seven cows, fat and sleek came up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the marsh grass.

King James Bible
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
Parallel Verses
New International Version
when out of the river there came up seven cows, fat and sleek, and they grazed among the reeds.

New Living Translation
and I saw seven fat, healthy cows come up out of the river and begin grazing in the marsh grass.

English Standard Version
Seven cows, plump and attractive, came up out of the Nile and fed in the reed grass.

New American Standard Bible
and behold, seven cows, fat and sleek came up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the marsh grass.

King James Bible
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
when seven well-fed, healthy-looking cows came up from the Nile and began to graze among the reeds.

International Standard Version
and all of a sudden seven healthy, plump, beautiful cows emerged from the Nile and began to graze among the reeds that line the bank.

NET Bible
Then seven fat and fine-looking cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds.

American Standard Version
and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favored: and they fed in the reed-grass:

English Revised Version
and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in the reed-grass:

Young's Literal Translation
and lo, out of the River coming up are seven kine, fat in flesh, and of fair form, and they feed among the reeds;
















Cross References
Genesis 41:2
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.

Genesis 41:17
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:

Genesis 41:19
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 41:16
And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

Genesis 41:15
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.

Genesis 41:20
And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

Genesis 41:21
And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
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