Genesis 41:5 Commentary: Rashi, Rashbam, Siftei Chakhamim & Rav Hirsch

וַיִּישָׁ֕ן וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֖ם שֵׁנִ֑ית וְהִנֵּ֣ה ׀ שֶׁ֣בַע שִׁבֳּלִ֗ים עֹל֛וֹת בְּקָנֶ֥ה אֶחָ֖ד בְּרִיא֥וֹת וְטֹבֽוֹת׃

And he slept and dreamed a second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.

Rashi on Genesis

בקנה אחד ON ONE STALK— Tuyau in old French
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Rashbam on Genesis

בקנה אחד, this was a symbol of plenty, seeing that each stalk had seven ears of grain
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Siftei Chakhamim

Tudel in O.F. Rashi is saying that in O.F., a grain stalk is called tudel, although this also means a wooden reed. And so too it is in Hebrew.
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