- *wayyiqqaḥ*
- waw-consecutive + imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he took
- *šēm*
- proper noun, masculine, singular - Shem
- *yepet*
- proper noun, masculine, singular - Japheth
- *haśśimlāh*
- noun, feminine, singular + definite article - the garment
- *wayyāśîmû*
- waw-consecutive + imperfect, 3rd plural masculine - and they placed
- *šĕkem*
- noun, masculine, singular, construct state - shoulder of
- *šĕnêhem*
- noun, masculine, dual + 3rd person masculine plural possessive suffix - both of them
- *wayyēlĕkû*
- waw-consecutive + imperfect, 3rd plural masculine - and they walked
- *ʾăḥōrannît*
- adverb - backward
- *wayĕkassû*
- waw-consecutive + imperfect, 3rd plural masculine, piel - and they covered
- *ʾēt*
- direct object marker
- *ʿerwat*
- noun, feminine, singular, construct state - nakedness of
- *ʾăbîhem*
- noun, masculine, singular + 3rd person masculine plural possessive suffix - their father
- *pĕnêhem*
- noun, masculine, plural + 3rd person masculine plural possessive suffix - their faces
- *lōʾ*
- negative particle - not
- *rāʾû*
- perfect, 3rd plural - they saw