Genesis 41:20 Go deeper
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And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine: (KJV)
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וַתֹּאכַ֙לְנָה֙va.to.Khal.nahand they ate
Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Plural (HVqw3fp)
Meaning: to eat
Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT Genesis 41:20 word 1
הַפָּר֔וֹתha.pa.Rotthe cows
Lemma: פָּרָה (pa.rah) · Strong's: H6510
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: heifer
Used 26 times. Also: Genesis 32:15, Genesis 41:2, Genesis 41:3, Genesis 41:4, Genesis 41:18, Genesis 41:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6510; TAHOT Genesis 41:20 word 2
הָרַקּ֖וֹתha.ra.Kot<the> thin
Lemma: רַק (raq) · Strong's: H7534
Parsing: Aafpa (Aafpa)
Meaning: thin
Used 3 times. Also: Genesis 41:19, Genesis 41:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7534; TAHOT Genesis 41:20 word 3
וְהָרָע֑וֹתve.ha.ra.'otand <the> displeasing
Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451A
Parsing: Aafpa (Aafpa)
Meaning: bad: harmful
Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 24:50, Genesis 31:24, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 37:2, Genesis 37:20, Genesis 37:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451A; TAHOT Genesis 41:20 word 4
אֵ֣ת'et<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Genesis 41:20 word 5
שֶׁ֧בַעShe.va'seven
Lemma: שֶׁ֫בַע (she.va) · Strong's: H7651
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HAcbsa)
Meaning: seven
Used 392 times. Also: Genesis 4:24, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:25, Genesis 5:26, Genesis 5:31, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7651; TAHOT Genesis 41:20 word 6
הַפָּר֛וֹתha.pa.Rotthe cows
Lemma: פָּרָה (pa.rah) · Strong's: H6510
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: heifer
Used 26 times. Also: Genesis 32:15, Genesis 41:2, Genesis 41:3, Genesis 41:4, Genesis 41:18, Genesis 41:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6510; TAHOT Genesis 41:20 word 7
הָרִאשֹׁנ֖וֹתha.ri.sho.Not<the> former
Lemma: רִאשׁוֹן (ri.shon) · Strong's: H7223G
Parsing: Aofpa (Aofpa)
Meaning: first
Used 127 times. Also: Genesis 8:13, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 25:25, Genesis 28:19, Genesis 32:17, Genesis 33:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7223G; TAHOT Genesis 41:20 word 8
הַבְּרִיאֹֽת\׃ha.be.ri.'Ot<the> fat
Lemma: בָּרִיא (ba.ri) · Strong's: H1277
Parsing: Aafpa (Aafpa)
Meaning: fat
Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 41:2, Genesis 41:4, Genesis 41:5, Genesis 41:7, Genesis 41:18, Judges 3:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1277; TAHOT Genesis 41:20 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then the thin | → | רַק H7534 thin |
| ugly | → | רַע H7451A bad: harmful |
| cows | → | פָּרָה H6510 heifer |
| devoured | → | אָכַל H0398 to eat |
| the seven | → | שֶׁ֫בַע H7651 seven |
| well-fed | → | בָּרִיא H1277 fat |
| cows | → | פָּרָה H6510 heifer |
| that were there first | → | רִאשׁוֹן H7223G first |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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