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Genesis 41:20

And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

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וַתֹּאכַ֨לְנָה֙vatokhalnahand eatאָכַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “and eat”, the next action in the storyH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.הַפָּר֔וֹתhaparotthe heiferפָּרָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “the heifer”, the ordinary formH6510a heifercow, heifer, kine.הָרַקּ֖וֹתharaqotthe leanרַקdefinite article, adjective, adjective, feminine, plural, absolute — “the lean”, the ordinary formH7534emaciated (as if flattened out)lean(-fleshed), thin.וְהָרָע֑וֹתveharaotand the badרַעconjunction, definite article, adjective, adjective, feminine, plural, absolute — “and the bad”, the ordinary formH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…אֵ֣תetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).שֶׁ֧בַעshevasevenשֶׁבַעadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “seven”, the ordinary formH7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare H7658 (שִׁבְעָנָה).הַפָּר֛וֹתhaparotthe heiferפָּרָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “the heifer”, the ordinary formH6510a heifercow, heifer, kine.הָרִאשֹׁנ֖וֹתharishonotthe firstרִאשׁוֹןdefinite article, adjective, adjective, feminine, plural, absolute — “the first”, the ordinary formH7223first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.הַבְּרִיאֹֽתhabriotthe firmבָּרִיאdefinite article, adjective, adjective, feminine, plural, absolute — “the firm”, the ordinary formH1277fatted or plumpfat ((fleshed), -ter), fed, firm, plenteous, rank.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the lean and ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and the lean and ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

Young’s Literal Translation

'And the lean and the bad kine eat up the first seven fat kine,

World English Bible

The thin and ugly cattle ate up the first seven fat cattle;

Darby Translation

And the lean and bad kine ate up the seven first fat kine;

Douay-Rheims

And they devoured and consumed the former,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the lean and ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the seven ill-favoured and thin cows ate up the seven first good and choice cows.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ κατέφαγον αἱ ἑπτὰ βόες αἱ αἰσχραὶ καὶ λεπταὶ τὰς ἑπτὰ βόας τὰς πρώτας τὰς καλὰς καὶ τὰς ἐκλεκτάς.