Hear this dream which I have dreamed: Hear translates a polite request addressed to the brothers and is equivalent to “Please listen to the dream I had.” In some translations the request for the brothers to listen is expressed as a colloquial call for attention, such as “Hey, you-all; ….”

Quoted with permission from Reyburn, William D. and Fry, Euan McG. A Handbook on Genesis. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1997. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .