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Genesis 9:18 Interlinear

“ And the sons of Noah that went forth of the ark were Shem and Ham and Japheth and Ham is the father of Canaan”

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Genesis 9 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיִּֽהְי֣וּ	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2	בְנֵי	H1121	And the sons	a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
3	נֹ֗חַ	H5146	of Noah	noach, the patriarch of the flood
4	הַיֹּֽצְאִים֙	H3318	that went forth	to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
5	מִן	H4480		properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
6	הַתֵּבָ֔ה	H8392	of the ark	a box
7	שֵׁ֖ם	H8035	were Shem	shem, a son of noah (often including his posterity)
8	וְחָ֕ם	H2526	and Ham	cham, a son of noah; also (as a patronymic) his descendants or their country
9	וָיָ֑פֶת	H3315	and Japheth	jepheth, a son of noah; also his posterity
10	וְחָ֕ם	H2526	and Ham	cham, a son of noah; also (as a patronymic) his descendants or their country
11	ה֖וּא	H1931		he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
12	אֲבִ֥י	H1	is the father	father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
13	כְנָֽעַן׃	H3667	of Canaan	kenaan, a son a ham; also the country inhabited by him

Genesis 9:18 (current) And the sons of Noah that went forth of the ark were Shem and Ham and Japheth and Ham is the father of Canaan