King James Version

Genesis 9:20

And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

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וַיָּ֥חֶלvayacheland beginחָלַלconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and begin”, the next action in the storyH2490properly, 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'); to play (the flute)begin ([idiom] men began), defile, [idiom] break, defile, [idiom] eat (as common things), [idiom] first, [idiom] gather the grape thereof, [idiom] take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute…נֹ֖חַnochaNoahנֹחַnoun, proper name — “Noah”H5146Noach, the patriarch of the floodNoah.אִ֣ישׁisha certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “a certain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH376a 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)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…הָֽאֲדָמָ֑הhaadamahthe countryאֲדָמָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the country”, the ordinary formH127soil (from its general redness)country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.וַיִּטַּ֖עvayitaand plantנָטַעconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and plant”, the next action in the storyH5193properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)fastened, plant(-er).כָּֽרֶםkaremvineyardכֶּרֶםnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “vineyard”, the ordinary formH3754a garden or vineyardvines, (increase of the) vineyard(-s), vintage. See also H1021 (בֵּית הַכֶּרֶם).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Noah the husbandman began, and planted a vineyard.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard:

Young’s Literal Translation

And Noah remaineth a man of the ground, and planteth a vineyard,

World English Bible

Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.

Darby Translation

And Noah began [to be] a husbandman, and planted a vineyard.

Douay-Rheims

And Noe, a husbandman, began to till the ground, and planted a vineyard.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Noah the husbandman began, and planted a vineyard.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Noe began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vineyard.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἤρξατο Νῶε ἄνθρωπος γεωργὸς γῆς, καὶ ἐφύτευσεν ἀμπελῶνα.