Genesis 9:23
3947 [e]   23
way·yiq·qaḥ   23
וַיִּקַּח֩   23
But took   23
Conj‑w | V‑Qal‑ConsecImperf‑3ms   23
8035 [e]
šêm
שֵׁ֨ם
Shem
N‑proper‑ms
3315 [e]
wā·ye·p̄eṯ
וָיֶ֜פֶת
and Japheth
Conj‑w | N‑proper‑ms
853 [e]
’eṯ-
אֶת־
 - 
DirObjM
  
 

 
 
 8071 [e]
haś·śim·lāh,
הַשִּׂמְלָ֗ה
a garment
Art | N‑fs
7760 [e]
way·yā·śî·mū
וַיָּשִׂ֙ימוּ֙
and laid [it]
Conj‑w | V‑Qal‑ConsecImperf‑3mp
5921 [e]
‘al-
עַל־
on
Prep
7926 [e]
šə·ḵem
שְׁכֶ֣ם
the shoulders
N‑msc
  
 

 
 
 8147 [e]
šə·nê·hem,
שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם
of the two of them
Number‑mdc | 3mp
1980 [e]
way·yê·lə·ḵū
וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙
and went
Conj‑w | V‑Qal‑ConsecImperf‑3mp
  
 

 
 
 322 [e]
’ă·ḥō·ran·nîṯ,
אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית
backward
Adv
3680 [e]
way·ḵas·sū
וַיְכַסּ֕וּ
and covered
Conj‑w | V‑Piel‑ConsecImperf‑3mp
853 [e]
’êṯ
אֵ֖ת
 - 
DirObjM
6172 [e]
‘er·waṯ
עֶרְוַ֣ת
the nakedness
N‑fsc
  
 

 
 
 1 [e]
’ă·ḇî·hem;
אֲבִיהֶ֑ם
of their father
N‑msc | 3mp
6440 [e]
ū·p̄ə·nê·hem
וּפְנֵיהֶם֙
and their faces
Conj‑w | N‑mpc | 3mp
  
 

 
 
 322 [e]
’ă·ḥō·ran·nîṯ,
אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית
[were] backward
Adv
6172 [e]
wə·‘er·waṯ
וְעֶרְוַ֥ת
and the nakedness
Conj‑w | N‑fsc
1 [e]
’ă·ḇî·hem
אֲבִיהֶ֖ם
of their father
N‑msc | 3mp
3808 [e]

לֹ֥א
not
Adv‑NegPrt
  
 
.
 
 
 7200 [e]
rā·’ū.
רָאֽוּ׃
they saw
V‑Qal‑Perf‑3cp


















Parallel Strong's
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Shem and Japheth took a cloak and placed it over both their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father naked.

New American Standard Bible
But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father's nakedness.

King James Bible
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.
Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Then Shem and Japheth took their father's cloak, laid it across both their shoulders, and walking backwards, they both covered their father's genitals. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father's genitals.

American Standard Version
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.

Young's Literal Translation
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.
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