Genesis 9:23
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.”
רָאָה
To see, to look, to perceive. Raah. The LORD sees not as man sees. Man looks on the outward appearance but God looks on the heart.
שְׁכֶם
the shoulder of
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שְׁכֶם
the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of ahill
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עֶרְוָה
the nakedness of
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עֶרְוָה
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
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שֵׁם
Shem
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שֵׁם
Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. his posterity)
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שְׁנַיִם
both of/ them
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שְׁנַיִם
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
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