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Deuteronomy 27:20 — King James Version← Study notes

Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.


Deuteronomy 27:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 27:2013 words
אָרוּרʾārûrExecrate
שֹׁכֵבšōḵēvLie down
עִםʿimWith
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
כִּיRelative conjunction
גִלָּהgilāhDenude
כְּנַףkənap̄Edge
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
וְאָמַרwəʾāmarAnd say
כָּלkālWhole
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
אָמֵןʾāmēnSure
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

אָרוּרʾārûrExecrate
שֹׁכֵבšōḵēvLie down
עִםʿimWith
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
כִּיRelative conjunction
גִלָּהgilāhDenude
כְּנַףkənap̄Edge
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
וְאָמַרwəʾāmarAnd say
כָּלkālWhole
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
אָמֵןʾāmēnSure

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