Genesis 9:20

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Noah, a man of the soil, began to work the land and planted a vineyard.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּ֥חֶל נֹ֖חַ אִ֣ישׁ הֽ͏ָאֲדָמָ֑ה וַיִּטַּ֖ע כָּֽרֶם׃

Transliteration

And-wayyāḥel nōaḥ ʾîš hāʾădāmāh and-wayyiṭṭaʿ kārem.

Grammar Details

• *wayyāḥel*: waw-consecutive + imperfect, 3rd singular masculine, hiphil - and he began
• *nōaḥ*: proper noun, masculine, singular - Noah
• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine, singular, construct state - man of
• *hāʾădāmāh*: noun, feminine, singular + definite article - the ground
• *wayyiṭṭaʿ*: waw-consecutive + imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he planted
• *kārem*: noun, masculine, singular - vineyard

Word Meanings

• *wayyāḥel*: and he began/and he started/and he was the first
• *ʾîš*: man/husband/person
• *hāʾădāmāh*: the ground/the soil/the land/the earth
• *wayyiṭṭaʿ*: and he planted/and he established/and he set

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Noe beynge an husbad man went furth and planted a vyneyard

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Noe beganne to take hede vnto ye tyllinge of the grounde, & planted a vyniarde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Noah also began to be an husband man and planted a vineyard.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Noah also began to be an husbandman, and planted a vineyarde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Noah began [to be] an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Noah remaineth a man of the ground, and planteth a vineyard,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  In those days Noah became a farmer, and he made a vine-garden.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Noah, a man of the soil, began to plant a vineyard.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 3:18-19 : 18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread until you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return.
• Gen 3:23 : 23 So the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.
• Gen 4:2 : 2 Later, she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel tended flocks, while Cain worked the soil.
• Gen 5:29 : 29 He named him Noah, saying, "This one will comfort us in our work and the painful labor of our hands, caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed."
• Deut 20:6 : 6 If anyone has planted a vineyard but has not yet enjoyed its fruit, let him go back to his house, lest he die in battle and another enjoy its fruit.
• Deut 28:30 : 30 You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not enjoy its fruit.
• Prov 10:11 : 11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
• Prov 12:11 : 11 Those who work their land will have plenty of food, but those who chase fantasies lack sense.
• Prov 24:30 : 30 I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one lacking sense.
• Eccl 5:9 : 9 Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless.
• Song 1:6 : 6 Do not stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has darkened me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me take care of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept.
• Isa 28:24-26 : 24 Does the plowman plow all day to sow? Does he continually break up and harrow his ground? 25 When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow black cumin and scatter cumin? Does he not plant wheat in rows, barley in its place, and spelt in its own plot? 26 His God instructs him and teaches him the proper way.
• 1 Cor 9:7 : 7 Who serves as a soldier at their own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?