King James Version

Genesis 2:25

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

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וַיִּֽהְי֤וּvayihyvand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.שְׁנֵיהֶם֙sheneyhemtwoשְׁנַיִםadjective, cardinal, masculine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “two”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8147two; also (as ordinal) twofoldboth, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.עֲרוּמִּ֔יםarumimnakedעָרוֹםadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “naked”, the ordinary formH6174nude, either partially or totallynaked.הָֽאָדָ֖םhaadamthe personאָדָםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the person”, the ordinary formH120ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)[idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.וְאִשְׁתּ֑וֹveishtvoand eachאִשָּׁהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and each”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.וְלֹ֖אveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יִתְבֹּשָֽׁשׁוּyitboshashvbe confoundedבּוּשׁverb, hithpolel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “be confounded”, an unfinished actionH954properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed(be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they are both of them naked, the man and his wife, and they are not ashamed of themselves.

World English Bible

The man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.

Darby Translation

And they were both naked, Man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Douay-Rheims

And they were both naked: to wit, Adam and his wife: and were not ashamed.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the two were naked, both Adam and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἦσαν οἱ δύο γυμνοὶ, ὅ, τε Ἀδὰμ καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ᾐσχύνοντο.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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