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Genesis 9:23 Interlinear

took And Shem and Japheth a garment and laid their shoulders it upon both backward and covered nakedness not their father's and their faces backward nakedness not their father's and they saw

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּקַּח֩H3947tookto take (in the widest variety of applications)
2שֵׁ֨םH8035And Shemshem, a son of noah (often including his posterity)
3וָיֶ֜פֶתH3315and Japhethjepheth, a son of noah; also his posterity
4אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
5הַשִּׂמְלָ֗הH8071a garmenta dress, especially a mantle
6וַיָּשִׂ֙ימוּ֙H7760and laidto put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
7עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
8שְׁכֶ֣םH7926their shouldersthe neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of a hill
9שְׁנֵיהֶ֔םH8147it upon bothtwo; also (as ordinal) twofold
10וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
11אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔יתH322backwardbackwards
12וַיְכַסּ֕וּH3680and coveredproperly, to plump, i.e., fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
13אֵ֖תH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
14וְעֶרְוַ֥תH6172nakednessnudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
15אֲבִיהֶ֖םH1not their father'sfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
16וּפְנֵיהֶם֙H6440and their facesthe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
17אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔יתH322backwardbackwards
18וְעֶרְוַ֥תH6172nakednessnudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
19אֲבִיהֶ֖םH1not their father'sfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
20לֹ֥אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
21רָאֽוּ׃H7200and they sawto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

Verse Context

Genesis 9:22saw And Ham of his father of Canaan the nakedness...
Genesis 9:23 (current)took And Shem and Japheth a garment and laid their shoulders it upon both backward and covered nakedness not their father's and their faces backward nakedness not their father's and they saw
Genesis 9:24awoke And Noah from his wine and knew ...

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