Genesis 9:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֥שְׁתְּ מִן־הַיַּ֖יִן וַיִּשְׁכָּ֑ר וַיִּתְגַּ֖ל בְּת֥וֹךְ אָהֳלֹֽה׃

Transliteration

And-wayyēšt from-hayyayin and-wayyiškār and-wayyitgal in-tôk ʾohŏlōh.

Grammar Details

• *wayyēšt*: waw-consecutive + imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he drank
• *hayyayin*: noun, masculine, singular + definite article - the wine
• *wayyiškār*: waw-consecutive + imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he became drunk
• *wayyitgal*: waw-consecutive + imperfect, 3rd singular masculine, hithpael (reflexive) - and he uncovered himself
• *tôk*: noun, masculine, singular, construct state - midst of
• *ʾohŏlōh*: noun, masculine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular possessive suffix - his tent

Word Meanings

• *wayyēšt*: and he drank/and he imbibed
• *hayyayin*: the wine/the fermented drink
• *wayyiškār*: and he became drunk/and he was intoxicated
• *wayyitgal*: and he uncovered himself/and he exposed himself/and he became naked
• *tôk*: midst/middle/inside

Referenced Verses

• Prov 20:1 : 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
• Prov 23:31-32 : 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly: 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.
• Hab 2:15-16 : 15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, to thee that addest thy venom, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! 16 Thou art filled with shame, and not glory: drink thou also, and be as one uncircumcised; the cup of Jehovah's right hand shall come round unto thee, and foul shame shall be upon thy glory.
• Luke 22:3-4 : 3 And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. 4 And he went away, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might deliver him unto them.
• Rom 13:13 : 13 Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy.
• 1 Cor 10:12 : 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
• Gal 5:21 : 21 envyings, {G5408} drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did {G2532} forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
• Titus 2:2 : 2 that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience:
• Rev 3:18 : 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white garments, that thou mayest clothe thyself, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness be not made manifest; and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
• Eccl 7:20 : 20 Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
• Gen 6:9 : 9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God.
• Gen 19:32-36 : 32 come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the first-born went in, and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.