Genesis 37:5

   Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, 
   they hated him all the more.  



Study of word order:

   Hebrew1   va-yahalom yosefu  halom --> and-dreamed Joseph  a-dream
   Arabic1   wa-haluma  yusufu  hulma --> and-dreamed Joseph  a-dream

   Hebrew2   va-yaged  le-aha-v  --> and-told  to-brothers-his  
   Arabic2   wa-akhbara ikhwata-hu --> and-told  brothers-his

   Hebrew3   ba-yosafu  od   --> and-increased  more
   Arabic3   fa-zdadua  aydan --> then-increased  more

   Hebrew4   seno  oto   --> hate  him
   Arabic4   bughdan  lahu --> hate  to_him

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   (D-G-N)
   Arabic2  the root of "tell" is  (R-B-kh)

   Hebrew3  the root of "increase" is   (F-S-Y)
   Arabic3  the root of "increase" is  (yi-D-Z)

   Hebrew4  the root of "hate" is   (A-N-S)
   Arabic4  the root of "hate" is  (dd-gh-B)


Summary:

   The construction of this text is the same.
   This text has 4 Verbs, and one of the 4 roots is the same.


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