Leviticus 20:21 — King James Version← Study notes
“And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.”
Leviticus 20:21 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Leviticus 20:2113 words
וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִקַּחyiqaḥTake
אֶתʾet—
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
נִדָּהnidāhRejection
הִואhiwʾHe
עֶרְוַתʿerəwatNudity
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
גִּלָּהgilāhDenude
עֲרִירִיםʿărîrîmBare
יִהְיוּyihəyûExist
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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