Genesis 42:9
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.”
חָלַם
properly, to bind firmly, i.e. (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump; also (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream
יוֹסֵף
Joseph
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יוֹסֵף
Joseph, may he add. Yowseph. From the root to add or increase. What looks like subtraction is often God's addition in disguise.
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רָגַל
are spies
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רָגַל
to walk along; but only in specifically, applications, to reconnoiter, to be atale-bearer (i.e. slander); to lead about
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עֶרְוָה
the nakedness of
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עֶרְוָה
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
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