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 9:22 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 9:2211 words
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
חָםḥāmCham
אֲבִיʾăvîFather
כְנַעַןḵənaʿanKenaan
אֵתʾēt—
עֶרְוַתʿerəwatNudity
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
וַיַּגֵּדwayagēdAnd front
לִשְׁנֵיlišənêTo two
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
בַּחוּץbaḥûṣIn separate by a wall
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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