Genesis 9:23
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שֵׁם
Shêm
Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. his posterity)
יֶפֶת
Yepheth
Jepheth, a son of Noah; also his posterity
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
בֶּגֶד
beged
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
כָּתֵף
kâthêph
the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anythin...
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
אָחוֹר
ʼâchôwr
the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West
כָּסָה
kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
עֶרְוָה
ʻervâh
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
אָחוֹר
ʼâchôwr
the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
עֶרְוָה
ʻervâh
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
Key Terms in This Verse
אָחוֹר ʼâchôwr
the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West
Study H268 →אָחוֹר ʼâchôwr
the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West
Study H268 →כָּתֵף kâthêph
the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anything
Study H3802 →עֶרְוָה ʻervâh
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
Study H6172 →עֶרְוָה ʻervâh
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
Study H6172 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →כָּסָה kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
Study H3680 →Cross References
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
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