OET interlinear GEN 37:7

uW Translation Notes:

וְ֠⁠הִנֵּה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=see/lo/see! we binding sheaves in_the=middle the=field and=see/lo/see! stood_up sheaf_of,my and=also stood_upright and=see/lo/see! gathered_around sheaves_of,your(pl) and,they_bowed_down to,sheaf_of,my )

Alternate translation: [In my dream I saw]

אֲנַ֜חְנוּ מְאַלְּמִ֤ים אֲלֻמִּים֙ בְּ⁠ת֣וֹךְ הַ⁠שָּׂדֶ֔ה

we (Some words not found in UHB: and=see/lo/see! we binding sheaves in_the=middle the=field and=see/lo/see! stood_up sheaf_of,my and=also stood_upright and=see/lo/see! gathered_around sheaves_of,your(pl) and,they_bowed_down to,sheaf_of,my )

A sheaf of grain is a bunch of grain stalks that have been cut and tied together in a bundle, with the heads of grain at the top. Wheat and barley were the grains that were common in this region at that time, not corn or oats. Alternate translation: [that we all were out in the middle of a field cutting stalks of grain and tying the stalks into sheaves] or [us working together out in a field cutting and tying sheaves of wheat stalks]

אֲלֻמָּתִ֖⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: and=see/lo/see! we binding sheaves in_the=middle the=field and=see/lo/see! stood_up sheaf_of,my and=also stood_upright and=see/lo/see! gathered_around sheaves_of,your(pl) and,they_bowed_down to,sheaf_of,my )

Alternate translation: [my sheaf of grain] or [the sheaf that I had made]

קָ֥מָה & וְ⁠גַם־נִצָּ֑בָה

stood_up & and=also (Some words not found in UHB: and=see/lo/see! we binding sheaves in_the=middle the=field and=see/lo/see! stood_up sheaf_of,my and=also stood_upright and=see/lo/see! gathered_around sheaves_of,your(pl) and,they_bowed_down to,sheaf_of,my )

Alternate translation: [stood up on its end]

וְ⁠הִנֵּ֛ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=see/lo/see! we binding sheaves in_the=middle the=field and=see/lo/see! stood_up sheaf_of,my and=also stood_upright and=see/lo/see! gathered_around sheaves_of,your(pl) and,they_bowed_down to,sheaf_of,my )

Alternate translation: [Then behold]

אֲלֻמֹּ֣תֵי⁠כֶ֔ם

(Some words not found in UHB: and=see/lo/see! we binding sheaves in_the=middle the=field and=see/lo/see! stood_up sheaf_of,my and=also stood_upright and=see/lo/see! gathered_around sheaves_of,your(pl) and,they_bowed_down to,sheaf_of,my )

Alternate translation: [your sheaves of grain] or [the bundles that you had made]

תְסֻבֶּ֨ינָה֙

(Some words not found in UHB: and=see/lo/see! we binding sheaves in_the=middle the=field and=see/lo/see! stood_up sheaf_of,my and=also stood_upright and=see/lo/see! gathered_around sheaves_of,your(pl) and,they_bowed_down to,sheaf_of,my )

Alternate translation: [stood around my sheaf] or [stood in a circle around my bundle]

Note 1 topic: translate-symaction

וַ⁠תִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖יןָ לַ⁠אֲלֻמָּתִֽ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: and=see/lo/see! we binding sheaves in_the=middle the=field and=see/lo/see! stood_up sheaf_of,my and=also stood_upright and=see/lo/see! gathered_around sheaves_of,your(pl) and,they_bowed_down to,sheaf_of,my )

Alternate translation: [and bowed down to the ground to my sheaf to show submission] or [and bowed respectfully to my sheaf] or [and bowed down in front of it in respect]