KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 41:19 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“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:”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And, behold,” | וְהִנֵּ֞ה | Lo! | behold |
| “seven” | שֶֽׁבַע | Seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number | seven |
| “other” | אֲחֵרוֹת֙ | Properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc | other |
| “kine” | פָּר֤וֹת | A heifer | kine |
| “came up” | עֹל֣וֹת | To ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative | came up |
| “after them,” | אַֽחֲרֵיהֶ֔ן | Properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) | after them |
| “poor” | דַּלּ֨וֹת | Properly, something dangling, i.e., a loose thread or hair; figuratively, indigent | poor |
| “and very” | מְאֹ֖ד | Properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated) | very |
| “ill” | וְרָע֥וֹת | Bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) | ill |
| “favoured” | תֹּ֛אַר | Outline, i.e., figure or appearance | favoured |
| “and leanfleshed,” | וְרַקּ֣וֹת | Emaciated (as if flattened out) | leanfleshed |
| “such” | כָהֵ֛נָּה | Themselves (often used emphatic for the copula, also in indirect relation) | such |
| “as I never” | לֹֽא | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | never |
| “saw” | רָאִ֧יתִי | To see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) | saw |
| “in all” | בְּכָל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “the land” | אֶ֥רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | land |
| “of Egypt” | מִצְרַ֖יִם | Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt | Egypt |
| “for badness:” | לָרֹֽעַ׃ | Badness (as marring), physically or morally | badness |
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17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
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:
20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
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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