Leviticus 18:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.”

Leviticus 18:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 18:1719 words

עֶרְוַתʿerəwatNudity

אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman

וּבִתָּהּûvitāhAnd daughter

לֹאlōʾNot

תְגַלֵּהtəgalēhDenude

אֶתʾet—

בַּתbatDaughter

בְּנָהּbənāhSon

וְאֶתwəʾet—

בַּתbatDaughter

בִּתָּהּbitāhDaughter

לֹאlōʾNot

תִקַּחtiqaḥTake

לְגַלּוֹתləgalwōtTo denude

עֶרְוָתָהּʿerəwātāhNudity

שַׁאֲרָהšaʾărāhKindred

הֵנָּהhēnāhThemselves

זִמָּהzimāhPlan

הִואhiwʾHe

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

עֶרְוַתʿerəwatNudity

אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman

וּבִתָּהּûvitāhAnd daughter

לֹאlōʾNot

תְגַלֵּהtəgalēhDenude

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בַּתbatDaughter

בְּנָהּbənāhSon

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בַּתbatDaughter

בִּתָּהּbitāhDaughter

לֹאlōʾNot

תִקַּחtiqaḥTake

לְגַלּוֹתləgalwōtTo denude

עֶרְוָתָהּʿerəwātāhNudity

שַׁאֲרָהšaʾărāhKindred

הֵנָּהhēnāhThemselves

זִמָּהzimāhPlan

הִואhiwʾHe

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