Genesis 37:9

   Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers.
   "Listen," he said, "I had another dream, and this time 
   the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me." 



Study of word order:

   Hebrew1  va-yahalom od halom aher --> and-dreamed more dream another
   Arabic1  thumma haluma aydan hulman akhara --> then dreamed more dream another

   Hebrew2  va-yesaper  oto le-aha-v  --> and-told it to-brothers-his  
   Arabic2  wa-qassa-hu ala ikhwati-hi --> and-told-it to brothers-his

   Hebrew3  va-yomer   --> and-said
   Arabic3  fa-qala inniy --> then-said that

   Hebrew4  hine halamti halom od   --> here I_dreamed a_dream more   
   Arabic4  qad  halumtu hulman aydan --> ever I_dreamed a_dream more

   Hebrew5  ve-hine ha-shemesh ve-ha-yareah --> and-here the-sun and-the-moon
   Arabic5  wa-idha 'sh-shamsu wa-'l-qamaru --> and-then the-sun and-the-moon

   Hebrew6  ve-ahad  asar  khokhabim  --> and-one ten stars
   Arabic6  wa-ahada ashara kawkaban  --> and-one ten stars

   Hebrew7  mishtahavim li --> bowing_down to_me
   Arabic7  sajidatun liy  --> bowing_down to_me


Study of the root of verb:
   Hebrew1  the root of "dream" is   (M-L-he)
   Arabic1  the root of "dream" is  (M-L-he), just the same

   Hebrew2  the root of "tell" is   (R-P-S)
   Arabic2  the root of "tell" is  (ss-ss-Q)

   Hebrew3  the root of "say" is   (R-M-A)
   Arabic3  the root of "say" is  (L-W-Q)

   Hebrew4  the root of "dream" is   (M-L-he)
   Arabic4  the root of "dream" is  (M-L-he), just the same

   Hebrew5  the root of "bow_down" is   (V-he-sh)
   Arabic5  the root of "bow_down" is  (D-ji-S)


Summary:

   The construction of this text is the same, but in detail, 
   Arabic3 is not the same as Hebrew3.
   This text has 5 Verbs, and 2 of the 5 roots are the same.


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