Leviticus 20:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.”

Leviticus 20:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 20:1821 words

וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יִשְׁכַּבyišəkavLie down

אֶתʾetNearness

אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman

דָּוָהdāwāhSick

וְגִלָּהwəgilāhAnd denude

אֶתʾet—

עֶרְוָתָהּʿerəwātāhNudity

אֶתʾet—

מְקֹרָהּməqōrāhDug

הֶעֱרָהheʿĕrāhBe

וְהִיאwəhîʾAnd he

גִּלְּתָהgilətāhDenude

אֶתʾet—

מְקוֹרməqwōrDug

דָּמֶיהָdāmeyhāBlood

וְנִכְרְתוּwəniḵərətûAnd cut

שְׁנֵיהֶםšənêhemTwo

מִקֶּרֶבmiqerevFrom nearest

עַמָּםʿamāmPeople

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

יִשְׁכַּבyišəkavLie down

אֶתʾetNearness

אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman

דָּוָהdāwāhSick

וְגִלָּהwəgilāhAnd denude

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

עֶרְוָתָהּʿerəwātāhNudity

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מְקֹרָהּməqōrāhDug

הֶעֱרָהheʿĕrāhBe

וְהִיאwəhîʾAnd he

גִּלְּתָהgilətāhDenude

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מְקוֹרməqwōrDug

דָּמֶיהָdāmeyhāBlood

וְנִכְרְתוּwəniḵərətûAnd cut

שְׁנֵיהֶםšənêhemTwo

מִקֶּרֶבmiqerevFrom nearest

עַמָּםʿamāmPeople

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