Leviticus 20:17 — King James Version← Study notes
“And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.”
Leviticus 20:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Leviticus 20:1728 words
וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִקַּחyiqaḥTake
אֶתʾet—
אֲחֹתוֹʾăḥōtwōSister
בַּתbatDaughter
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
אוֹʾwōDesire
בַתvatDaughter
אִמּוֹʾimwōMother
וְרָאָהwərāʾāhAnd see
אֶתʾet—
עֶרְוָתָהּʿerəwātāhNudity
וְהִיאwəhîʾAnd he
תִרְאֶהtirəʾehSee
אֶתʾet—
עֶרְוָתוֹʿerəwātwōNudity
חֶסֶדḥesedKindness
הוּאhûʾHe
וְנִכְרְתוּwəniḵərətûAnd cut
לְעֵינֵיləʿênêTo eye
בְּנֵיbənêSon
עַמָּםʿamāmPeople
עֶרְוַתʿerəwatNudity
אֲחֹתוֹʾăḥōtwōSister
גִּלָּהgilāhDenude
עֲוֺנוֹʿăwōnwōPerversity
יִשָּׂאyiśāʾLift
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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