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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 20:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 20:2113 words
וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִקַּחyiqaḥTake
אֶתʾet
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
נִדָּהnidāhRejection
הִואhiwʾHe
עֶרְוַתʿerəwatNudity
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
גִּלָּהgilāhDenude
עֲרִירִיםʿărîrîmBare
יִהְיוּyihəyûExist
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִקַּחyiqaḥTake
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
נִדָּהnidāhRejection
הִואhiwʾHe
עֶרְוַתʿerəwatNudity
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
גִּלָּהgilāhDenude
עֲרִירִיםʿărîrîmBare
יִהְיוּyihəyûExist

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