Genesis 37:7
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
אָלַם
ʼâlam
to tie fast; hence (of the mouth) to be tongue-tied
עֹמֶר
ʻômer
properly, a heap, i.e. a sheaf; also an omer, as a dry measure
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
יָשָׁר
yâshâr
straight (literally or figuratively)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
נָקַף
nâqaph
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
שָׁחָה
shâchâh
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
עֹמֶר
ʻômer
properly, a heap, i.e. a sheaf; also an omer, as a dry measure
Key Terms in This Verse
עֹמֶר ʻômer
properly, a heap, i.e. a sheaf; also an omer, as a dry measure
Study H6016 →שָׁחָה shâchâh
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
Study H7812 →עֹמֶר ʻômer
properly, a heap, i.e. a sheaf; also an omer, as a dry measure
Study H6016 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →Cross References
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
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