Genesis 41:2
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
And lo,וְהִנֵּ֣ה
(ve·hin·neh)
2009: lo! behold!prol. of hen
from the Nileהַיְאֹ֗ר
(hay·'or)
2975: stream (of the Nile), stream, canalof foreign origin
there cameעֹלֹת֙
(o·lot)
5927: to go up, ascend, climba prim. root
up sevenשֶׁ֣בַע
(she·va)
7651: sevena prim. card. number
cows,פָּרֹ֔ות
(pa·ro·vt,)
6510: a heifer, cowfrom the same as par
sleekיְפֹ֥ות
(ye·fo·vt)
3303: fair, beautifulfrom yaphah
and fat;וּבְרִיאֹ֣ת
(u·ve·ri·'ot)
1277: fatadjective from bara
and they grazedוַתִּרְעֶ֖ינָה
(vat·tir·'ei·nah)
7462a: to pasture, tend, grazea prim. root
in the marsh grass.בָּאָֽחוּ׃
(ba·'a·chu.)
260: reeds, rushesof foreign origin


















KJV Lexicon
And behold there came up
`alah  (aw-law')
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
out of the river
y`or  (yeh-ore')
brook, flood, river, stream.
seven
sheba`  (sheh'-bah)
a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
well
yapheh  (yaw-feh')
beautiful -- + beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), + goodly, pleasant, well.
favoured
mar'eh  (mar-eh')
a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision
kine
parah  (paw-raw')
a heifer -- cow, heifer, kine.
and fatfleshed
bariy'  (baw-ree')
fatted or plump -- fat (fleshed), -ter), fed, firm, plenteous, rank.
basar  (baw-sawr')
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man -- body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
and they fed
ra`ah  (raw-aw')
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
in a meadow
'achuw  (aw'-khoo)
a bulrush or any marshy grass (particularly that along the Nile) -- flag, meadow.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And lo, from the Nile there came up seven cows, sleek and fat; and they grazed in the marsh grass.

King James Bible
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
when seven healthy-looking, well-fed cows came up from the Nile and began to graze among the reeds.

International Standard Version
when all of a sudden seven healthy, plump cows emerged from the Nile to graze in the grass that grew in the reeds that lined the bank.

NET Bible
seven fine-looking, fat cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Suddenly, seven nice-looking, well-fed cows came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.

King James 2000 Bible
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favored cows and fat; and they fed in a meadow.
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