'Means' in the Bible

And He said to Adam, “Because you listened to your wife’s voice and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it’:The ground is cursed because of you.You will eat from it by means of painful laborall the days of your life.

The thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this to the magicians, but no one can tell me what it means.”

Since the dream was given twice to Pharaoh, it means that the matter has been determined by God, and He will carry it out soon.