Genesis 41:23
And, hinei, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and scorched with the east wind, tzomechot (sprung up) after them;
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
In Context
Cross References
2 Kings 19:26Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, 1 they were dismayed and put to shame; 1 they were as the esev of the sadeh, 1 and as the green herb, 1 as the khasir (grass) on the gagot (rooftops) 1 is sun-scorched before it is grown up. 1
Hosea 8:7For they have sown the wind, 1 and they shall reap the whirlwind; 1 the stalk [of standing grain] hath no tzemach (shoot); 1 it shall yield no kemach (flour); 1 and even if it yielded it, zarim would devour it. 1
Hosea 13:15Even though he thrives among his achim, 1 an east wind shall come, 1 the Ruach Hashem shall come up from the midbar (desert), 1 and his makor (spring, fountain) shall become dry, 1 and his well shall be dried up; 1 it shall plunder the otzar of every keli chemdah (precious vessel).
Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:18-33
Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dream. ( b. c. 1715.) 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river: 18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow: 19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness: 20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine: 21 And when they had eaten… Read the whole commentary →