“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.”
Genesis 9:23 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 9:2321 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּקַּח֩wayiqaḥ
and he tookconjH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
שֵׁ֨םšēm
ShemnounH8035
Shem
וָ/יֶ֜פֶתwāyepet
and JaphethconjH3315
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/שִּׂמְלָ֗הhaśiməlāh
the garmentparticleH8071
cloth(-es · -ing) · garment · raiment. Compare
וַ/יָּשִׂ֨ימוּ֙wayāśiymw
and they put itconjH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
שְׁכֶ֣םšəkem
the shoulder ofnounH7926
consent · portion · shoulder
שְׁנֵי/הֶ֔םšənēyhem
both of themadjH8147
couple · double · second · twain ···
וַ/יֵּֽלְכוּ֙wayēləkw
awayconjH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔יתʾăḥōraniyt
backwardsadvH322
again)
וַ/יְכַסּ֕וּwayəkasw
and they coveredconjH3680
close · clothe · conceal · cover ···
אֵ֖תʾēt
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עֶרְוַ֣תʿerəwat
the nakedness ofnounH6172
shame · unclean
אֲבִי/הֶ֑םʾăbiyhem
father theirnounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וּ/פְנֵי/הֶם֙wpənēyhem
and faces theirconjH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔יתʾăḥōraniyt
were backwardsadvH322
again)
וְ/עֶרְוַ֥תwəʿerəwat
and the nakedness ofconjH6172
shame · unclean
אֲבִי/הֶ֖םʾăbiyhem
father theirnounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
לֹ֥אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
רָאֽוּrāʾw
they sawverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
ℹWords 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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