And Shem
Shem (shame)
name; Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. his posterity) -- Sem, Shem.
and Japheth
Yepheth (yeh'-feth)
expansion; Jepheth, a son of Noah; also his posterity -- Japheth.
took
laqach (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
a garment
simlah (sim-law')
a dress, especially a mantle -- apparel, cloth(-es, -ing), garment, raiment.
and laid
suwm (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
it upon both
shnayim (shen-ah'-yim)
two; also (as ordinal) twofold -- both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
their shoulders
shkem (shek-em')
the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of a hill -- back, consent, portion, shoulder.
and went
yalak (yaw-lak')
to walk; causatively, to carry (in various senses)
backward
'achoranniyth (akh-o-ran-neeth')
backwards -- back (-ward, again).
and covered
kacah (kaw-saw')
to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy) -- clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm.
the nakedness
`ervah (er-vaw')
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish) -- nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).
of their father
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
and their faces
paniym (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
were backward
'achoranniyth (akh-o-ran-neeth')
backwards -- back (-ward, again).
and they saw
ra'ah (raw-aw')
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)surely, think, view, visions.
not their father's
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
nakedness
`ervah (er-vaw')
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish) -- nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).
