Genesis 9:23 Hebrew Word Analysis

0tookוַיִּקַּח֩h3947
1And Shemשֵׁ֨םh8035
2and Japhethוָיֶ֜פֶתh3315
3אֶתh853
4a garmentהַשִּׂמְלָ֗הh8071
5and laidוַיָּשִׂ֙ימוּ֙h7760
6עַלh5921
7their shouldersשְׁכֶ֣םh7926
8it upon bothשְׁנֵיהֶ֔םh8147
9וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙h1980
16backwardאֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔יתh322
11and coveredוַיְכַסּ֕וּh3680
12אֵ֖תh853
17nakednessוְעֶרְוַ֥תh6172
18not their father'sאֲבִיהֶ֖םh1
15and their facesוּפְנֵיהֶם֙h6440
16backwardאֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔יתh322
17nakednessוְעֶרְוַ֥תh6172
18not their father'sאֲבִיהֶ֖םh1
19לֹ֥אh3808
20and they sawרָאֽוּ׃h7200

Other Translations

King James Version (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.

American Standard Version (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.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And Shem and Japheth took a robe, and putting it on their backs went in with their faces turned away, and put it over their father so that they might not see him unclothed.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

And Shem and Japheth took the upper garment and both laid [it] upon their shoulders, and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were turned away, that they saw not their father's nakedness.

Webster's Bible (WBT)

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.

World English Bible (WEB)

Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn't see their father's nakedness.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

And Shem taketh -- Japheth also -- the garment, and they place on the shoulder of them both, and go backward, and cover the nakedness of their father; and their faces `are' backward, and their father's nakedness they have not seen.