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Leviticus 20:11 — King James Version← Study notes

And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.


Leviticus 20:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 20:1114 words
וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִשְׁכַּבyišəkavLie down
אֶתʾetNearness
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
עֶרְוַתʿerəwatNudity
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
גִּלָּהgilāhDenude
מוֹתmwōtDie
יוּמְתוּyûmətûDie
שְׁנֵיהֶםšənêhemTwo
דְּמֵיהֶםdəmêhemBlood
בָּםbāmIn
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִשְׁכַּבyišəkavLie down
אֶתʾetNearness
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
עֶרְוַתʿerəwatNudity
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
גִּלָּהgilāhDenude
מוֹתmwōtDie
יוּמְתוּyûmətûDie
שְׁנֵיהֶםšənêhemTwo
דְּמֵיהֶםdəmêhemBlood
בָּםbāmIn

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