Genesis 9:21

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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 is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
• Prov 23:31-32 : 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. 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 neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! 16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
• Luke 22:3-4 : 3 Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. 4 And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.
• Rom 13:13 : 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
• 1 Cor 10:12 : 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
• Gal 5:21 : 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
• Titus 2:2 : 2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
• Rev 3:18 : 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
• Eccl 7:20 : 20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
• Gen 6:9 : 9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and 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 firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn 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 perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.