Genesis 9:22 Go deeper

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. (KJV)

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וַיַּ֗רְאvai.Yar'and he saw

Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to see: see

Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Genesis 9:22 word 1

חָ֚םchamHam

Lemma: חָם (cham) · Strong's: H2526G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Ham

Used 11 times. Also: Genesis 5:32, Genesis 6:10, Genesis 7:13, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 10:1, Genesis 10:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2526G; TAHOT Genesis 9:22 word 2

אֲבִ֣י'a.Vi[the] father of

Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: father

Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 10:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Genesis 9:22 word 3

כְנַ֔עַןkhe.Na.'anCanaan

Lemma: כְּנַ֫עַן (ke.na.an) · Strong's: H3667G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Canaan

Used 9 times. Also: Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:25, Genesis 9:26, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 10:6, Genesis 10:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3667G; TAHOT Genesis 9:22 word 4

אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Genesis 9:22 word 5

עֶרְוַ֣ת'er.Vat[the] nakedness of

Lemma: עֶרְוָה (er.vah) · Strong's: H6172

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: nakedness

Used 54 times. Also: Genesis 9:23, Genesis 42:9, Genesis 42:12, Exodus 20:26, Exodus 28:42, Leviticus 18:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6172; TAHOT Genesis 9:22 word 6

אָבִ֑יו'a.Vivfather his

Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: father

Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 10:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Genesis 9:22 word 7

וַיַּגֵּ֥דvai.ya.Gedand he told

Lemma: נָגַד (na.gad) · Strong's: H5046

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)

Meaning: to tell

Used 369 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 22:20, Genesis 24:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5046; TAHOT Genesis 9:22 word 8

לִשְׁנֵֽי\־lish.nei-to [the] two

Lemma: שְׁנַ֫יִם (she.na.yim) · Strong's: H8147

Parsing: Acbdc (Acbdc)

Meaning: two

Used 767 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 4:19, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8147; TAHOT Genesis 9:22 word 9

אֶחָ֖יו'e.Chavbrothers his

Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: brother: male-sibling

Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 4:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0251G; TAHOT Genesis 9:22 word 10

בַּחֽוּץ\׃ba.Chutzon the outside

Lemma: חוּץ (chuts) · Strong's: H2351

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: outside

Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 6:14, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:16, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 24:11, Genesis 24:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2351; TAHOT Genesis 9:22 word 11

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

And Ham	→	חָם H2526G Ham
the father	→	אָב H0001G father
of Canaan	→	כְּנַ֫עַן H3667G Canaan
saw	→	רָאָה H7200G to see: see
his father’s	→	אָב H0001G father
nakedness	→	עֶרְוָה H6172 nakedness
and told	→	נָגַד H5046 to tell
his two	→	שְׁנַ֫יִם H8147 two
brothers	→	אָח H0251G brother: male-sibling
outside	→	חוּץ H2351 outside

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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