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Leviticus 20:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.


Leviticus 20:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 20:1212 words
וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִשְׁכַּבyišəkavLie down
אֶתʾetNearness
כַּלָּתוֹkalātwōBride
מוֹתmwōtDie
יוּמְתוּyûmətûDie
שְׁנֵיהֶםšənêhemTwo
תֶּבֶלtevelMixture
עָשׂוּʿāśûDo
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
כַּלָּתוֹkalātwōBride
מוֹתmwōtDie
יוּמְתוּyûmətûDie
שְׁנֵיהֶםšənêhemTwo
תֶּבֶלtevelMixture
עָשׂוּʿāśûDo
דְּמֵיהֶםdəmêhemBlood
בָּםbāmIn

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