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Genesis 9:22

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And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.	And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.	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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Ham^H2526, the father^H1 of Canaan^H3667, saw^H7200 the nakedness^H6172 of his father^H1, and told^H5046 his two^H8147 brethren^H251 without^H2351.

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Original Hebrew

וַיַּרְא חָם אֲבִי כְנַעַן אֵת עֶרְוַת אָבִיו וַיַּגֵּד לִשְׁנֵי־אֶחָיו בַּחוּץ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יַּ֗רְא	va/i.Yar'	H7200	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he saw
חָ֚ם	cham	H2526	HNp	Ham
אֲבִ֣י	'a.Vi	H1	HNcmsc	(the) father of
כְנַ֔עַן	khe.Na.'an	H3667	HNp	Canaan
אֵ֖ת	'et	H853	HTo	(obj.)
עֶרְוַ֣ת	'er.Vat	H6172	HNcfsc	(the) nakedness of
אָבִ֑י/ו	'a.Vi/v	H1	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	father/ his
וַ/יַּגֵּ֥ד	va/i.ya.Ged	H5046	HC/Vhw3ms	and/ he told
לִ/שְׁנֵֽי	li/sh.nei-	H8147	HR/Acmdc	to/ (the) two
אֶחָ֖י/ו	'e.Cha/v	H251	HNcmpc/Sp3ms	brothers/ his
בַּ/חֽוּץ	ba./Chutz	H2351	HRd/Ncmsa	on the/ outside

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
• H251 — אָח (ʼâch, awkh): a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father)); another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.
• H2351 — חוּץ (chûwts, khoots): or (shortened) חֻץ; (both forms feminine in the plural) from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors; abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.
• H2526 — חָם (Châm, khawm): the same as חָם; hot (from the tropical habitat); Cham, a son of Noah; also (as a patronymic) his descendants or their country; Ham.
• H3667 — כְּנַעַן (Kᵉnaʻan, ken-ah'-an): from כָּנַע; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him; Canaan, merchant, traffick.
• H5046 — נָגַד (nâgad, naw-gad'): a primitive root; properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise; bewray, [idiom] certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, [idiom] fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, [idiom] surely, tell, utter.
• H6172 — עֶרְוָה (ʻervâh, er-vaw'): from עָרָה; nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish); nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).
• H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.
• H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• Ham — Genesis 9:25, Genesis 10:6, Genesis 10:15-19, 1 Chronicles 1:8, 1 Chronicles 1:13-16
• told — 2 Samuel 1:19-20, Psalms 35:20-21, Psalms 40:15, Psalms 70:3, Proverbs 25:9, Proverbs 30:17, Obadiah 1:12-13, Matthew 18:15, 1 Corinthians 13:6, Galatians 6:1

Reciprocal references (5): Genesis 5:32, 1 Chronicles 4:40, Psalms 78:51, Micah 7:6, Habakkuk 2:15

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: CANAAN
• Nave’s: HAM, NOAH

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