King James Version
Genesis 41:6 in the King James Version says “And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 41 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.”
Genesis 41:6 · KJV
And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. rank: Heb. fat
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And behold seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
“ears”
H7641a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branch
“with the east wind”
H6921the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the east (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
“after them”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
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