Leviticus 18:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.”

Leviticus 18:23 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 18:2315 words

וּבְכָלûvəḵālAnd in whole

בְּהֵמָהbəhēmāhDumb

לֹאlōʾNot

תִתֵּןtitēnGive

שְׁכָבְתְּךָšəḵāvətəḵāLying

לְטָמְאָהləṭāməʾāhTo be foul

בָהּvāhIn

וְאִשָּׁהwəʾišāhAnd woman

לֹאlōʾNot

תַעֲמֹדtaʿămōdStand

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

בְהֵמָהvəhēmāhDumb

לְרִבְעָהּlərivəʿāhTo squat

תֶּבֶלtevelMixture

הוּאhûʾHe

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

Word-by-word meanings

וּבְכָלûvəḵālAnd in whole

בְּהֵמָהbəhēmāhDumb

לֹאlōʾNot

תִתֵּןtitēnGive

שְׁכָבְתְּךָšəḵāvətəḵāLying

לְטָמְאָהləṭāməʾāhTo be foul

בָהּvāhIn

וְאִשָּׁהwəʾišāhAnd woman

לֹאlōʾNot

תַעֲמֹדtaʿămōdStand

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

בְהֵמָהvəhēmāhDumb

לְרִבְעָהּlərivəʿāhTo squat

תֶּבֶלtevelMixture

הוּאhûʾHe

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