Leviticus 19:20 — King James Version← Study notes
“And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.”
Leviticus 19:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Leviticus 19:2026 words
וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
יִשְׁכַּבyišəkavLie down
אֶתʾetNearness
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
שִׁכְבַתšiḵəvatLying
זֶרַעzeraʿSeed
וְהִואwəhiwʾAnd he
שִׁפְחָהšip̄əḥāhFemale slave
נֶחֱרֶפֶתneḥĕrep̄etPull off
לְאִישׁləʾîšTo man
וְהָפְדֵּהwəhāp̄ədēhAnd sever
לֹאlōʾNot
נִפְדָּתָהnip̄ədātāhSever
אוֹʾwōDesire
חֻפְשָׁהḥup̄əšāhLiberty
לֹאlōʾNot
נִתַּןnitanGive
לָהּlāhTo
בִּקֹּרֶתbiqōretExamination
תִּהְיֶהtihəyehExist
לֹאlōʾNot
יוּמְתוּyûmətûDie
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
חֻפָּשָׁהḥupāšāhSpread loose
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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