Joseph 12:43

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Arabic English Morphology
وَقَالَ waqāla
And said V
the king Noun
Indeed, I Prep
[I] have seen V
سَبْعَ sabʿa
seven Noun
بَقَرَٰتٍ baqarātin
cows Noun
سِمَانٍ simānin
fat Noun
eating them V
سَبْعٌ sabʿun
seven Noun
عِجَافٌ ʿijāfun
lean ones Noun
وَسَبْعَ wasabʿa
and seven Noun
ears (of corn) Noun
خُضْرٍ khuḍ'rin
green Noun
وَأُخَرَ wa-ukhara
and others Noun
يَابِسَٰتٍ yābisātin
dry Noun
O Noun
chiefs Noun
Explain to me V
فِى
about Prep
my vision Noun
إِن in
if Prep
you can V
of visions Noun
interpret V

The king said, ‘I dreamed about seven fat cows being eaten by seven lean ones; seven green ears of corn and [seven] others withered. Counsellors, if you can interpret dreams, tell me the meaning of my dream.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَقَالَ ٱلۡمَلِكُ إِنِّیۤ أَرَىٰ سَبۡعَ بَقَرَ ٰتࣲ سِمَانࣲ یَأۡكُلُهُنَّ سَبۡعٌ عِجَافࣱ وَسَبۡعَ سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍ خُضۡرࣲ وَأُخَرَ یَابِسَـٰتࣲۖ یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلۡمَلَأُ أَفۡتُونِی فِی رُءۡیَـٰیَ إِن كُنتُمۡ لِلرُّءۡیَا تَعۡبُرُونَ ۝٤٣

waqāla l-maliku innī arā sabʿa baqarātin simānin yakuluhunna sabʿun ʿijāfun wasabʿa sunbulātin khuḍ'rin wa-ukhara yābisātin yāayyuhā l-mala-u aftūnī fī ru'yāya in kuntum lilrru'yā taʿburūn