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Leviticus 20:19 — King James Version← Study notes

And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.


Leviticus 20:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 20:1913 words
וְעֶרְוַתwəʿerəwatAnd nudity
אֲחוֹתʾăḥwōtSister
אִמְּךָʾiməḵāMother
וַאֲחוֹתwaʾăḥwōtAnd sister
אָבִיךָʾāvîḵāFather
לֹאlōʾNot
תְגַלֵּהtəgalēhDenude
כִּיRelative conjunction
אֶתʾet
שְׁאֵרוֹšəʾērwōFlesh
הֶעֱרָהheʿĕrāhBe
עֲוֺנָםʿăwōnāmPerversity
יִשָּׂאוּyiśāʾûLift
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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וְעֶרְוַתwəʿerəwatAnd nudity
אֲחוֹתʾăḥwōtSister
אִמְּךָʾiməḵāMother
וַאֲחוֹתwaʾăḥwōtAnd sister
אָבִיךָʾāvîḵāFather
לֹאlōʾNot
תְגַלֵּהtəgalēhDenude
כִּיRelative conjunction
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
שְׁאֵרוֹšəʾērwōFlesh
הֶעֱרָהheʿĕrāhBe
עֲוֺנָםʿăwōnāmPerversity
יִשָּׂאוּyiśāʾûLift

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