Genesis 41:4

41:4 The bad-looking, thin cows ate the seven fine-looking, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.

Genesis 40:6

40:6 When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were looking depressed.

Genesis 41:20

41:20 The lean, bad-looking cows ate up the seven fat cows.

tn The verb זָעַף (zaaf) only occurs here and Dan 1:10. It means “to be sick, to be emaciated,” probably in this case because of depression.

tn Heb “the seven first fat cows.”