Bible/Genesis/9/23

Bible > Genesis > Chapter 9 > Verse 23

Genesis 9:23

---

← Genesis 9:22	Genesis 9:23 (KJV)	Genesis 9:24 →
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.	And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Shem^H8035 and Japheth^H3315 took^H3947 a garment^H8071, and laid^H7760 it upon both^H8147 their shoulders^H7926, and went^H3212 backward^H322, and covered^H3680 the nakedness^H6172 of their father^H1; and their faces^H6440 were backward^H322, and they saw^H7200 not their father's^H1 nakedness^H6172.

---

Original Hebrew

וַיִּקַּח שֵׁם וָיֶפֶת אֶת־הַשִּׂמְלָה וַיָּשִׂימוּ עַל־שְׁכֶם שְׁנֵיהֶם וַיֵּלְכוּ אֲחֹרַנִּית וַיְכַסּוּ אֵת עֶרְוַת אֲבִיהֶם וּפְנֵיהֶם אֲחֹרַנִּית וְעֶרְוַת אֲבִיהֶם לֹא רָאוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּקַּח֩	va/i.yi.Kach	H3947	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he took
שֵׁ֨ם	shem	H8035	HNp	Shem
וָ/יֶ֜פֶת	va./Ye.fet	H3315	HC/Np	and/ Japheth
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הַ/שִּׂמְלָ֗ה	ha./sim.Lah	H8071	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ garment
וַ/יָּשִׂ֨ימוּ֙	va/i.ya.Si.mu	H7760	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they put (it)
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
שְׁכֶ֣ם	she.Khem	H7926	HNcmsc	(the) shoulder of
שְׁנֵי/הֶ֔ם	she.nei./Hem	H8147	HAcmdc/Sp3mp	both of/ them
וַ/יֵּֽלְכוּ֙	va/i.yel.Khu	H3212	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they walked
אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית	'a.Cho.ra.Nit	H322	HD	backwards
וַ/יְכַסּ֕וּ	va/y.kha.Su	H3680	HC/Vpw3mp	and/ they covered
אֵ֖ת	'et	H853	HTo	(obj.)
עֶרְוַ֣ת	'er.Vat	H6172	HNcfsc	(the) nakedness of
אֲבִי/הֶ֑ם	'a.vi./Hem	H1	HNcmsc/Sp3mp	father/ their
וּ/פְנֵי/הֶם֙	u./fe.nei./Hem	H6440	HC/Ncbpc/Sp3mp	and/ faces/ their
אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית	'a.Cho.ra.Nit	H322	HD	(were) backwards
וְ/עֶרְוַ֥ת	ve./'er.Vat	H6172	HC/Ncfsc	and/ (the) nakedness of
אֲבִי/הֶ֖ם	'a.vi./Hem	H1	HNcmsc/Sp3mp	father/ their
לֹ֥א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
רָאֽוּ	ra.'U	H7200	HVqp3cp	they saw

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-'.
• H322 — אֲחֹרַנִּית (ʼăchôrannîyth, akh-o-ran-neeth'): prolonged from אָחוֹר; backwards; back (-ward, again).
• H3212 — יָלַךְ (yâlak, yaw-lak'): a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
• H3315 — יֶפֶת (Yepheth, yeh'-feth): from פָּתָה; expansion; Jepheth, a son of Noah; also his posterity; Japheth.
• H3680 — כָּסָה (kâçâh, kaw-saw'): a primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy); clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare כָּשָׂה.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H6172 — עֶרְוָה (ʻervâh, er-vaw'): from עָרָה; nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish); nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
• 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.
• H7760 — שׂוּם (sûwm, soom): or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.
• H7926 — שְׁכֶם (shᵉkem, shek-em'): from שָׁכַם; the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of ahill; back, [idiom] consent, portion, shoulder.
• H8035 — שֵׁם (Shêm, shame): the same as שֵׁם; name; Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. his posterity); Sem, Shem.
• H8071 — שִׂמְלָה (simlâh, sim-law'): perhaps by permutation for the feminine of סֶמֶל (through the idea of a cover assuming the shape of the object beneath); a dress, especially a mantle; apparel, cloth(-es, -ing), garment, raiment. Compare שַׂלְמָה.
• 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).
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Discussion / Insights

No content yet

Notes and References

No content yet

---

Genesis Chapter 9 • Genesis • Bible

refresh