The Meaning of Genesis 41:6 Explained

Genesis 41:6

KJV: And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.

YLT: and lo, seven ears, thin, and blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;

Darby: And behold, seven ears, thin and parched with the east wind, sprung up after them.

ASV: And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And, behold, seven  thin  ears  and blasted  with the east wind  sprung up  after them. 

What does Genesis 41:6 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 41:1-13 - Pharaoh Dreams Of Cattle And Of Ears Of Grain
This chapter tells of ascension and exaltation,"¦ and affords an inimitable type of the issue of our Lord's humiliation and death. Like Joseph, He went and preached to spirits in prison, and then God highly exalted Him, and gave him a Name above every name. Rejected by his brethren, refused by those to whom he was sent, falsely accused and condemned, classed with the wicked, thrust into prison, rescuing one of his poor associates, called to a throne, it would be possible in almost every particular to substitute the name of Jesus for that of Joseph. What a corroboration of those great words of Asaph, "Neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south cometh lifting up; but God is the judge," Psalms 75:6-7. When sorrow falls, how quickly the world remembers the child of God, and turns to him! Those that despise and forget will seek you out some day. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 41

1  Pharaoh has two dreams
9  Joseph interprets them
33  He gives Pharaoh counsel, and is highly advanced, and married
46  The seven years of plenty
50  He begets children
53  The famine begins

What do the individual words in Genesis 41:6 mean?

And behold seven heads thin and blighted by the east wind sprang up after them
וְהִנֵּה֙ שֶׁ֣בַע שִׁבֳּלִ֔ים דַּקּ֖וֹת וּשְׁדוּפֹ֣ת קָדִ֑ים צֹמְח֖וֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶֽן

וְהִנֵּה֙  And  behold 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
שֶׁ֣בַע  seven 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: שֶׁבַע  
Sense: seven (cardinal number).
שִׁבֳּלִ֔ים  heads 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: שִׁבֹּלֶת 
Sense: flowing stream.
דַּקּ֖וֹת  thin 
Parse: Adjective, feminine plural
Root: דַּק  
Sense: thin, small, fine, gaunt.
וּשְׁדוּפֹ֣ת  and  blighted  by 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, feminine plural construct
Root: שָׁדַף  
Sense: to scorch, blight.
קָדִ֑ים  the  east  wind 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: קָדִים  
Sense: east, east wind.
צֹמְח֖וֹת  sprang  up 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine plural
Root: צָמַח  
Sense: to sprout, spring up, grow up.
אַחֲרֵיהֶֽן  after  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine plural
Root: אַחַר 
Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time).

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