The first occurrence.
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. Gen 2:25
The primitive root.
Strong’s H954 בוש buwsh, a primitive root.
bet ב = house, thus house, household, family, in, within
vav ו = tent peg, thus add, secure, hook
shin ש = two front teeth, thus sharp, press, eat, two, again
Shin often has the meaning of a blowing wind, as the sound air makes when expelled through the teeth, is the sound of a blowing wind. Thus the verbal root literally means “to wither,” or “to dry up,” because when moisture is removed from the earth, as it is when the wind blows over the land, plants wither and dry up. As they do so, they shrink. The concrete object is “genitals,” because genitals shrink when the blood is drained from them. The abstract concept is “shame,” as when the blood drains from our faces and we become pale.
The parable comes from its first use in Scripture:
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. Gen 2:25
The first family (bet) were secure (vav) together (shin, in the sense of both the man and his wife, two). The parable is actually telling the story of the negative spin on the root, that is, to not be ashamed. The positive spin on this root, is to be ashamed, or not secure.
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