Leviticus 20:14 — King James Version← Study notes

“And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.”

Leviticus 20:14 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 20:1417 words

וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יִקַּחyiqaḥTake

אֶתʾet—

אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman

וְאֶתwəʾet—

אִמָּהּʾimāhMother

זִמָּהzimāhPlan

הִואhiwʾHe

בָּאֵשׁbāʾēšIn fire

יִשְׂרְפוּyiśərəp̄ûBe

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

וְאֶתְהֶןwəʾetəhen—

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

תִהְיֶהtihəyehExist

זִמָּהzimāhPlan

בְּתוֹכְכֶםbətwōḵəḵemIn bisection

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יִקַּחyiqaḥTake

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אִמָּהּʾimāhMother

זִמָּהzimāhPlan

הִואhiwʾHe

בָּאֵשׁbāʾēšIn fire

יִשְׂרְפוּyiśərəp̄ûBe

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

וְאֶתְהֶןwəʾetəhendirect object marker (no translation)

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

תִהְיֶהtihəyehExist

זִמָּהzimāhPlan

בְּתוֹכְכֶםbətwōḵəḵemIn bisection

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