Genesis 9:23
Text Analysis

Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
3947 [e]וַיִּקַּח֩
way-yiq-qaḥ
And tookConj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms
8035 [e]שֵׁ֨ם
šêm
ShemN-proper-ms
3315 [e]וָיֶ֜פֶת
wā-ye-p̄eṯ
and JaphethConj-w | N-proper-ms
853 [e]אֶת־
’eṯ-
- DirObjM
8071 [e]הַשִּׂמְלָ֗ה
haś-śim-lāh
the garmentArt | N-fs
7760 [e]וַיָּשִׂ֙ימוּ֙
way-yā-śî-mū
and they laid [it]Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp
5921 [e]עַל־
‘al-
onPrep
7926 [e]שְׁכֶ֣ם
šə-ḵem
the shouldersN-msc
8147 [e]שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם
šə-nê-hem
of the two of themNumber-mdc | 3mp
1980 [e]וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙
way-yê-lə-ḵū
and they wentConj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp
322 [e]אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית
’ă-ḥō-ran-nîṯ
backwardAdv
3680 [e]וַיְכַסּ֕וּ
way-ḵas-sū
and coveredConj-w | V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3mp
853 [e]אֵ֖ת
’êṯ
- DirObjM
6172 [e]עֶרְוַ֣ת
‘er-waṯ
the nakednessN-fsc
1 [e]אֲבִיהֶ֑ם
’ă-ḇî-hem
of their fatherN-msc | 3mp
6440 [e]וּפְנֵיהֶם֙
ū-p̄ə-nê-hem
and their facesConj-w | N-mpc | 3mp
322 [e]אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית
’ă-ḥō-ran-nîṯ
[were] backwardAdv
6172 [e]וְעֶרְוַ֥ת
wə-‘er-waṯ
and the nakednessConj-w | N-fsc
1 [e]אֲבִיהֶ֖ם
’ă-ḇî-hem
of their fatherN-msc | 3mp
3808 [e]לֹ֥א
notAdv-NegPrt
7200 [e]רָאֽוּ׃
rā-’ū
they sawV-Qal-Perf-3cp





















Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

Young's Literal Translation
And Shem taketh—Japheth also—the garment, and they place on the shoulder of them both, and go backward, and cover the nakedness of their father; and their faces [are] backward, and their father’s nakedness they have not seen.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Shem and Japheth took a cloak and placed it over both their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father naked.

New American Standard Bible
But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father's nakedness.

King James Bible
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid [it] upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces [were] backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
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