Deuteronomy 27:23 Go deeper

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Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen. (KJV)

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אָר֕וּר'a.Rur[is] cursed

Lemma: אָרַר (a.rar) · Strong's: H0779

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqsmsa)

Meaning: to curse

Used 63 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 9:25, Genesis 12:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0779; TAHOT Deuteronomy 27:23 word 1

שֹׁכֵ֖בsho.Khev[one who] lies

Lemma: שָׁכַב (sha.khav) · Strong's: H7901I

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to lie down: have sex

Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 19:32, Genesis 19:33, Genesis 19:34, Genesis 19:35, Genesis 26:10, Genesis 30:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7901I; TAHOT Deuteronomy 27:23 word 2

עִם\־'im-with

Lemma: עִם (im) · Strong's: H5973A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: with

Used 980 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5973A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 27:23 word 3

חֹֽתַנְתּ֑וֹcho.tan.Tomother-in-law his

Lemma: חֹתֵן (cho.ten) · Strong's: H2859A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HVqrfsc)

Meaning: relative

Used 22 times. Also: Exodus 3:1, Exodus 4:18, Exodus 18:1, Exodus 18:2, Exodus 18:5, Exodus 18:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2859A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 27:23 word 4

וְאָמַ֥רve.'a.Marand it will say

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqq3ms)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Deuteronomy 27:23 word 5

כָּל\־kol-all

Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: all

Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Deuteronomy 27:23 word 6

הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe people

Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: people

Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 27:23 word 7

אָמֵֽן\׃\ \ס'a.Menamen

Lemma: אָמֵן (a.men) · Strong's: H0543

Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)

Meaning: amen

Used 30 times. Also: Numbers 5:22, Deuteronomy 27:15, Deuteronomy 27:16, Deuteronomy 27:17, Deuteronomy 27:18, Deuteronomy 27:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0543; TAHOT Deuteronomy 27:23 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Cursed is	→	אָרַר H0779 to curse
he who sleeps	→	שָׁכַב H7901I to lie down: have sex
with	→	עִם H5973A with
his mother-in-law	→	חֹתֵן H2859A relative
And {let} all	→	כֹּל H3605 all
the people	→	עַם H5971A people
say	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
Amen	→	אָמֵן H0543 amen

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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