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Genesis 37:5-8

5And Josephיוֹסֵף֙yo.SefH3130dreamedוַיַּחֲלֹ֤םvai.ya.cha.LomH2492a dreamחֲל֔וֹםcha.LomH2472,and he toldוַיַּגֵּ֖דvai.ya.GedH5046ithis brethrenלְאֶחָ֑יוle.'e.ChavH251:and they hatedשְׂנֹ֥אse.No'H8130him yet the moreוַיּוֹסִ֥פוּvai.yo.Si.fuH3254.

6And he saidוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them, Hearשִׁמְעוּ־shim.'u-H8085,I pray you, this dreamהַחֲל֥וֹםha.cha.LomH2472which I have dreamedחָלָֽמְתִּי׃cha.La.me.tiH2492:

7For, behold, we werebindingמְאַלְּמִ֤ים בְּת֣וֹךְme.'a.le.Mim be.TokhH8432 H481sheavesאֲלֻמִּים֙'a.lu.MimH485in the fieldהַשָּׂדֶ֔הha.sa.DehH7704,and, lo, my sheafאֲלֻמָּתִ֖י'a.lu.ma.TiH485aroseקָ֥מָהKa.mahH6965,and also stood uprightנִצָּ֑בָהni.Tza.vahH5324;and, behold, your sheavesאֲלֻמֹּ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם'a.lu.Mo.tei.KhemH485stood round aboutתְסֻבֶּ֙ינָה֙te.su.Bei.nahH5437,and made obeisanceוַתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖יןָva.tish.ta.cha.Vei.naH7812to my sheafלַאֲלֻמָּתִֽי׃la.'a.lu.ma.TiH485.

8And his brethrenאֶחָ֔יו'e.ChavH251saidוַיֹּ֤אמְרוּvai.Yo.me.ruH559to him, Shalt thou indeedהֲמָלֹ֤ךְha.ma.LokhH4427reignתִּמְלֹךְ֙tim.loKhH4427over us? or shalt thou indeedמָשׁ֥וֹלma.SholH4910have dominionתִּמְשֹׁ֖לtim.SholH4910over us? And they hatedשְׂנֹ֣אse.No'H8130him yet the moreוַיּוֹסִ֤פוּvai.yo.Si.fuH3254for his dreamsחֲלֹמֹתָ֖יוcha.lo.mo.TavH2472,and for his wordsדְּבָרָֽיו׃de.va.RavH1697.

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