Genesis 41:20
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
and the leanהָרַקֹּ֖ות
(ha·rak·ko·vt)
7534: thin, only, altogether, surelyfrom an unused word
and uglyוְהָרָעֹ֑ות
(ve·ha·ra·'o·vt;)
7451a: bad, evilfrom the same as roa
cowsהַפָּרֹ֔ות
(hap·pa·ro·vt,)
6510: a heifer, cowfrom the same as par
ateוַתֹּאכַ֙לְנָה֙
(vat·to·chal·nah)
398: to eata prim. root
up the firstהָרִאשֹׁנֹ֖ות
(ha·ri·sho·no·vt)
7223: former, first, chieffrom rosh
sevenשֶׁ֧בַע
(she·va)
7651: sevena prim. card. number
fatהַבְּרִיאֹֽת׃
(hab·be·ri·'ot.)
1277: fatadjective from bara
cows.הַפָּרֹ֛ות
(hap·pa·ro·vt)
6510: a heifer, cowfrom the same as par


















KJV Lexicon
And the lean
raq  (rak)
emaciated (as if flattened out) -- lean(-fleshed), thin.
and the ill favoured
ra`  (rah)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
kine
parah  (paw-raw')
a heifer -- cow, heifer, kine.
did eat up
'akal  (aw-kal')
to eat -- at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, freely, in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, quite.
the first
ri'shown  (ree-shone')
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun) -- ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.
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
fat
bariy'  (baw-ree')
fatted or plump -- fat (fleshed), -ter), fed, firm, plenteous, rank.
kine
parah  (paw-raw')
a heifer -- cow, heifer, kine.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
and the lean and ugly cows ate up the first seven fat cows.

King James Bible
And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the thin, ugly cows ate the first seven well-fed cows.

International Standard Version
But those thin, gaunt cows gobbled up the first seven healthy cows!

NET Bible
The lean, bad-looking cows ate up the seven fat cows.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The thin, sickly cows ate up the seven well-fed ones.

King James 2000 Bible
And the thin and the ill favored cows did eat up the first seven fat cows:
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