Genesis 37:7
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”

Young's Literal Translation
that, lo, we are binding bundles in the midst of the field, and lo, my bundle hath arisen, and hath also stood up, and lo, your bundles are round about, and bow themselves to my bundle.’

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
We
אֲנַ֜חְנוּ (’ă·naḥ·nū)
Pronoun - first person common plural
Strong's 587: We

were binding
מְאַלְּמִ֤ים (mə·’al·lə·mîm)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 481: To tie fast, to be tongue-tied

sheaves of grain
אֲלֻמִּים֙ (’ă·lum·mîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 485: Something bound, a sheaf

in
בְּת֣וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

the field,
הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה (haś·śā·ḏeh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7704: Field, land

and suddenly
וְהִנֵּ֛ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

my sheaf
אֲלֻמָּתִ֖י (’ă·lum·mā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 485: Something bound, a sheaf

rose
קָ֥מָה (qā·māh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

and
וְגַם־ (wə·ḡam-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

stood upright,
נִצָּ֑בָה (niṣ·ṣā·ḇāh)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 5324: To take one's stand, stand

while your sheaves
אֲלֻמֹּ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם (’ă·lum·mō·ṯê·ḵem)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 485: Something bound, a sheaf

gathered around
תְסֻבֶּ֙ינָה֙ (ṯə·sub·be·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround

and bowed down
וַתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖יןָ (wat·tiš·ta·ḥă·we·nā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 7812: To depress, prostrate

to [mine].”
לַאֲלֻמָּתִֽי׃ (la·’ă·lum·mā·ṯî)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 485: Something bound, a sheaf

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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