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Genesis 9:22 — King James Version← Study notes

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.


Genesis 9:22Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 9:2211 words
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
חָםḥāmCham
אֲבִיʾăvîFather
כְנַעַןḵənaʿanKenaan
אֵתʾēt
עֶרְוַתʿerəwatNudity
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
וַיַּגֵּדwayagēdAnd front
לִשְׁנֵיlišənêTo two
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
בַּחוּץbaḥûṣIn separate by a wall
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
חָםḥāmCham
אֲבִיʾăvîFather
כְנַעַןḵənaʿanKenaan
אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)
עֶרְוַתʿerəwatNudity
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
וַיַּגֵּדwayagēdAnd front
לִשְׁנֵיlišənêTo two
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
בַּחוּץbaḥûṣIn separate by a wall

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