Genesis 9:21

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

and drancke of the wyne and was droncke and laye vncouered in the myddest of his tet.

📖 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

• Gen 6:9 : 9 These are the generatios of Noe. Noe was a righteous man and vncorrupte in his tyme and walked wyth god.
• Gen 19:32-36 : 32 Come therfore let vs geue oure father wyne to dryncke and let vs lye with him that we may saue seed of oure father. 33 And they gaue their father wyne to drynke that same nyghte. And the elder doughter went and laye with her father. And he perceaued it not nether when she laye doune nether when she rose vp. 34 And on the morowe the elder sayde vnto the yonger: beholde yesternyghte laye I with my father. Let us geue hym wyne to drinke this nyghte also and goo thou and lye with him and let us saue seed of oure father. 35 And they gaue their father wyne to drincke that nyghte also. And the yonger arose and laye with him. And he perceaved it not: nether when she laye downe nether when she rose vp. 36 Thus were both the doughters of lot with childe by their father
• Luke 22:3-4 : 3 Then entred Satan into Iudas whose syr name was Iscariot (which was of the nombre of the twelve) 4 and he went his waye and comuned with the hye Prestes and officers how he might betraye him to them.
• Rom 13:13 : 13 Let vs walke honestly as it were in the daye lyght: not in eatynge and drinkynge: nether in chamburynge and wantannes: nether in stryfe and envyinge:
• 1 Cor 10:12 : 12 Wherfore let hym that thynketh he stodeth take hede least he fall.
• Gal 5:21 : 21 envyinge murther dronkenes glottony and soche lyke: of the which I tell you before as I have tolde you in tyme past that they which comit soche thinges shall not inherite ye kyngdome of God.
• Titus 2:2 : 2 That ye elder me be sober honest discrete sounde in the fayth in love and in paciece.
• Rev 3:18 : 18 I counsell the to bye of me golde tryed in the fyre that thou mayste be riche and whyte raymet yt thou mayste be clothed yt thy fylthy nakednes do not apere: and anoynt thyne eyes with eye salve yt thou mayste se.