to scorch
sha.daph describes ears of grain made thin and withered by the east wind.
The attested use describes ears of grain in Pharaoh's dream as thin and withered under the east wind, with the later interpretation connecting those ears to years of famine.
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Grain ears withered by the east wind · dominant
All three occurrences are Qal passive participles, feminine plural construct, describing the seven ears in Pharaoh's dream. In Genesis 41:6 and Genesis 41:23 the APB renders the ears as "thin and scorched by the east wind"; in Genesis 41:27 those ears are interpreted as seven years of famine.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the ears as "scorched by the east wind" in each occurrence, alongside their thin or withered condition. This wording is treated as the verse-level presentation of the participle.