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Genesis 9:18 — King James Version← Study notes

And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.


Genesis 9:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 9:1813 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּֽהְי֣וּwayihəyw
and they wereconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
בְנֵיbənēy
the sons ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
נֹ֗חַnōḥa
NoahnounH5146
הַ/יֹּֽצְאִים֙hayōṣəʾiym
who came outparticleH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
מִןmin
frompronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הַ/תֵּבָ֔הhatēbāh
the arkparticleH8392
שֵׁ֖םšēm
ShemnounH8035
Shem
וְ/חָ֣םwəḥām
and HamconjH2526
וָ/יָ֑פֶתwāyāpet
and JaphethconjH3315
וְ/חָ֕םwəḥām
and HamconjH2526
ה֖וּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
אֲבִ֥יʾăbiy
was the father ofnounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
כְנָֽעַןkənāʿan
CanaannounH3667
merchant · traffick
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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