{
"verseID": "Genesis.9.23",
"source": "וַיִּקַּח֩ שֵׁ֨ם וָיֶ֜פֶת אֶת־הַשִּׂמְלָ֗ה וַיָּשִׂ֙ימוּ֙ עַל־שְׁכֶ֣ם שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית וַיְכַסּ֕וּ אֵ֖ת עֶרְוַ֣ת אֲבִיהֶ֑ם וּפְנֵיהֶם֙ אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית וְעֶרְוַ֥ת אֲבִיהֶ֖ם לֹ֥א רָאֽוּ׃",
"text": "And-*wayyiqqaḥ* *šēm* and-*yepet* *ʾet*-*haśśimlāh* and-*wayyāśîmû* upon-*šĕkem* *šĕnêhem* and-*wayyēlĕkû* *ʾăḥōrannît* and-*wayĕkassû* *ʾēt* *ʿerwat* *ʾăbîhem* and-*pĕnêhem* *ʾăḥōrannît* and-*ʿerwat* *ʾăbîhem* *lōʾ* *rāʾû*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyiqqaḥ*": "waw-consecutive + imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he took",
"*šēm*": "proper noun, masculine, singular - Shem",
"*yepet*": "proper noun, masculine, singular - Japheth",
"*haśśimlāh*": "noun, feminine, singular + definite article - the garment",
"*wayyāśîmû*": "waw-consecutive + imperfect, 3rd plural masculine - and they placed",
"*šĕkem*": "noun, masculine, singular, construct state - shoulder of",
"*šĕnêhem*": "noun, masculine, dual + 3rd person masculine plural possessive suffix - both of them",
"*wayyēlĕkû*": "waw-consecutive + imperfect, 3rd plural masculine - and they walked",
"*ʾăḥōrannît*": "adverb - backward",
"*wayĕkassû*": "waw-consecutive + imperfect, 3rd plural masculine, piel - and they covered",
"*ʾēt*": "direct object marker",
"*ʿerwat*": "noun, feminine, singular, construct state - nakedness of",
"*ʾăbîhem*": "noun, masculine, singular + 3rd person masculine plural possessive suffix - their father",
"*pĕnêhem*": "noun, masculine, plural + 3rd person masculine plural possessive suffix - their faces",
"*ʾăḥōrannît*": "adverb - backward",
"*ʿerwat*": "noun, feminine, singular, construct state - nakedness of",
"*ʾăbîhem*": "noun, masculine, singular + 3rd person masculine plural possessive suffix - their father",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*rāʾû*": "perfect, 3rd plural - they saw"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyiqqaḥ*": "and he took/and he received/and he grasped",
"*haśśimlāh*": "the garment/the outer garment/the cloak",
"*wayyāśîmû*": "and they placed/and they put/and they set",
"*šĕkem*": "shoulder/back/upper back",
"*wayyēlĕkû*": "and they walked/and they went/and they moved",
"*ʾăḥōrannît*": "backward/behind/with their backs",
"*wayĕkassû*": "and they covered/and they hid/and they concealed",
"*ʿerwat*": "nakedness/private parts/shame/genitalia of",
"*pĕnêhem*": "their faces/their presence/their front",
"*rāʾû*": "they saw/they looked at/they beheld"
}
}