Deuteronomy 5:18 Go deeper
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Neither shalt thou commit adultery. (KJV)
Hebrew words tap a word
וְלֹ֖֣אve.Lo'and not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Deuteronomy 5:18 word 1
תִּֿנְאָֽ֑ף\׃\ \סtne.'Afyou must commit adultery
Lemma: נָאַף (na.aph) · Strong's: H5003
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to commit adultery
Used 31 times. Also: Exodus 20:14, Leviticus 20:10, Job 24:15, Psalms 50:18, Proverbs 6:32, Proverbs 30:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5003; TAHOT Deuteronomy 5:18 word 2
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You shall not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| commit adultery | → | נָאַף H5003 to commit adultery |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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