Genesis 9:23
Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.
BSB
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ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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21 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקַּח֩ | vai.yi.Kach | and he took | H3947 → |
| שֵׁ֨ם | shem | Shem | H8035 → |
| וָיֶ֜פֶת | va.Ye.fet | and Japheth | H3315 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הַשִּׂמְלָ֗ה | ha.sim.Lah | the garment | H8071 → |
| וַיָּשִׂ֙ימוּ֙ | vai.ya.Si.mu | and they put [it] | H7760 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| שְׁכֶ֣ם | she.Khem | [the] shoulder of | H7926 → |
| שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם | she.nei.Hem | both of them | H8147 → |
| וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ | vai.yel.Khu | and they walked | H1980 → |
| אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית | 'a.Cho.ra.Nit | backwards | H322 → |
| וַיְכַסּ֕וּ | vay.kha.Su | and they covered | H3680 → |
| אֵ֖ת | 'et | <obj.> | H853 → |
| עֶרְוַ֣ת | 'er.Vat | [the] nakedness of | H6172 → |
| אֲבִיהֶ֑ם | 'a.vi.Hem | father their | H1 → |
| וּפְנֵיהֶם֙ | u.fe.nei.Hem | and faces their | H6440 → |
| אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית | 'a.Cho.ra.Nit | [were] backwards | H322 → |
| וְעֶרְוַ֥ת | ve.'er.Vat | and [the] nakedness of | H6172 → |
| אֲבִיהֶ֖ם | 'a.vi.Hem | father their | H1 → |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| רָאֽוּ׃ | ra.'U | they saw | H7200 → |
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