“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
HebrewMeaning
וְ/אִ֣ישׁwəʾiyš
and a manconjH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יִקַּ֣חyiqaḥ
he will takeverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֲחֹת֡/וֹʾăḥōtwō
sister hisnounH269
sister · together
בַּתbat
the daughter ofnounH1323
branch · company · daughter · first ···
אָבִ֣י/וʾābiyw
father hisnounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
א֣וֹʾwō
orconjH176
and · either · if · at the least ···
בַתbat
the daughter ofnounH1323
branch · company · daughter · first ···
אִ֠מּ/וֹʾimwō
mother hisnounH517
mother · parting
וְ/רָאָ֨הwərāʾāh
and he will seeconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עֶרְוָתָ֜/הּʿerəwātāh
nakedness hernounH6172
shame · unclean
וְ/הִֽיאwəhiyʾ
and sheconjH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
תִרְאֶ֤הtirəʾeh
she will seeverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עֶרְוָת/וֹ֙ʿerəwātwō
nakedness hisnounH6172
shame · unclean
חֶ֣סֶדḥesed
is a shamenounH2617
good deed(-liness · -ness) · kindly · kindness ···
ה֔וּאhwʾ
itprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
וְ/נִ֨כְרְת֔וּwənikərətw
and they will be cut offconjH3772
be con- ate · covenant · cut (down · off) ···
לְ/עֵינֵ֖יləʿēynēy
to the eyes ofpronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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