Genesis 9:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Noah began to be a farmer, and he 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

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Noah{H5146} began{H2490} to be a husbandman,{H376} and planted{H5193} a vineyard:{H3754}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Noah{H5146} began{H2490}{(H8686)} to be an husbandman{H376}{H127}, and he planted{H5193}{(H8799)} a vineyard{H3754}:

• 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 Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
• Gen 3:23 : 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.
• Gen 4:2 : 2 And again she bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
• Gen 5:29 : 29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This one shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD has cursed.
• Deut 20:6 : 6 And what man is he who has planted a vineyard and has not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.
• Deut 28:30 : 30 You shall marry a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not gather the grapes thereof.
• Prov 10:11 : 11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
• Prov 12:11 : 11 He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, but he who follows vain persons is void of understanding.
• Prov 24:30 : 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.
• Eccl 5:9 : 9 Moreover, the profit of the earth is for all; the king himself is served by the field.
• Song 1:6 : 6 Do not gaze at me because I am dark, because the sun has looked upon me. My mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper 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 open and break the clods of his ground? 25 When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow the black cumin and scatter the cumin, plant the wheat in rows, the barley in its appointed place, and the spelt in its place? 26 For his God instructs him in right judgment, his God teaches him.
• 1 Cor 9:7 : 7 Who goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock?