“‘They must not shave their heads ¹  nor let their hair grow long; ²  they must only trim their heads.

The thin heads swallowed up the seven healthy and full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up and realized it was a dream. ¹ 

Over the heads of the living beings was something like a platform, ¹  glittering awesomely like ice, ²  stretched out over their heads.

The ¹  sky ²  above your heads will be bronze and the earth beneath you iron.

All who see me taunt ¹  me; they mock me ²  and shake their heads. ³ 

I am disdained by them. ¹  When they see me, they shake their heads. ² 

Then there was a voice from above the platform over their heads when they stood still. ¹ 

The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. So I told all this ¹  to the diviner-priests, but no one could tell me its meaning.” ² 

Then the heads of the family groups ¹  of the Gileadites, the descendant of Machir, the descendant of Manasseh, who were from the Josephite families, approached and spoke before Moses ²  and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families. ³ 

Then ¹  seven heads of grain, thin and burned by the east wind, were sprouting up after them.

I also saw in my dream ¹  seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, full and good.

Then ¹  seven heads of grain, withered and thin and burned with the east wind, were sprouting up after them.

Indeed God strikes the heads of his enemies, the hairy foreheads of those who persist in rebellion. ¹ 

You destroyed ¹  the sea by your strength; you shattered the heads of the sea monster ²  in the water.

You crushed the heads of Leviathan; ¹  you fed ²  him to the people who live along the coast. ³ 

He executes judgment ¹  against ²  the nations; he fills the valleys with corpses; ³  he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield. ⁴ 

As for the heads of those who surround me – may the harm done by ¹  their lips overwhelm them!

Then he fell asleep again and had a second dream: There were seven heads of grain growing ¹  on one stalk, healthy ²  and good.

The seven good cows represent seven years, and the seven good heads of grain represent seven years. Both dreams have the same meaning. ¹ 

Moses chose capable men from all Israel, and he made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.