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Leviticus 18:7 — King James Version← Study notes

The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.


Leviticus 18:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 18:711 words
עֶרְוַתʿerəwatNudity
אָבִיךָʾāvîḵāFather
וְעֶרְוַתwəʿerəwatAnd nudity
אִמְּךָʾiməḵāMother
לֹאlōʾNot
תְגַלֵּהtəgalēhDenude
אִמְּךָʾiməḵāMother
הִואhiwʾHe
לֹאlōʾNot
תְגַלֶּהtəgalehDenude
עֶרְוָתָהּʿerəwātāhNudity
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

עֶרְוַתʿerəwatNudity
אָבִיךָʾāvîḵāFather
וְעֶרְוַתwəʿerəwatAnd nudity
אִמְּךָʾiməḵāMother
לֹאlōʾNot
תְגַלֵּהtəgalēhDenude
אִמְּךָʾiməḵāMother
הִואhiwʾHe
לֹאlōʾNot
תְגַלֶּהtəgalehDenude
עֶרְוָתָהּʿerəwātāhNudity

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