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Genesis 9

Gen. 9:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Noah
Noach (Hebrew #5146)
rest; Noach, the patriarch of the flood
KJV usage: Noah.
Pronounce: no'-akh
Origin: the same as 5118
began
chalal (Hebrew #2490)
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an "opening wedge"); denom. (from 2485) to play (the flute)
KJV usage: begin (X men began), defile, X break, defile, X eat (as common things), X first, X gather the grape thereof, X take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
Pronounce: khaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2470)
to be an husbandman
'adamah (Hebrew #127)
soil (from its general redness)
KJV usage: country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
Pronounce: ad-aw-maw'
Origin: from 119
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
, and he planted
nata` (Hebrew #5193)
properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: fastened, plant(- er).
Pronounce: naw-tah'
Origin: a primitive root
o a vineyard
kerem (Hebrew #3754)
a garden or vineyard
KJV usage: vines, (increase of the) vineyard(-s), vintage. See also 1021.
Pronounce: keh'-rem
Origin: from an unused root of uncertain meaning
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an husbandman.
Gen. 3:18‑19,23• 18and thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat herbage of the field;
19in sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it wast thou taken. For dust [art] thou, and unto dust shalt thou return.
23Therefore Jehovah Elohim sent him forth from the garden of Eden to till the ground from whence he was taken.
(Gen. 3:18‑19,23)
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Gen. 4:2• 2And again she bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a feeder of sheep, and Cain was a tiller of the ground. (Gen. 4:2)
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Gen. 5:29• 29and he called his name Noah, saying, This [one] shall comfort us concerning our work and concerning toil of our hands because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed. (Gen. 5:29)
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Prov. 10:11• 11The mouth of a righteous one [is] a fountain of life;{HR}But the mouth of the wicked covereth violence. (Prov. 10:11)
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Prov. 12:11• 11He that tilleth his ground shall be satisfied with bread;{HR}But he that followeth worthless [persons] is void of sense. (Prov. 12:11)
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Eccl. 5:9• 9Moreover the profit of the earth is every way:{HR}The king is served by the field. (Eccl. 5:9)
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Isa. 28:24‑26• 24Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he [all day] open and break the clods of his ground?
25When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad dill, and scatter cummin, and set the wheat in rows and the barley in an appointed place and the rye in the border thereof?
26His God doth instruct him in judgment, he doth teach him.
(Isa. 28:24‑26)
planted.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Noah began to be a husbandmana, and planted a vineyard.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "man of the ground."

W. Kelly Translation

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And Noah began as husbandmana ; and he planted a vineyard;

WK Translation Notes

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(a man of the ground)