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The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. (KJV)
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עֶרְוַ֨ת'er.Vat[the] nakedness of
Lemma: עֶרְוָה (er.vah) · Strong's: H6172
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: nakedness
Used 54 times. Also: Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 42:9, Genesis 42:12, Exodus 20:26, Exodus 28:42 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6172; TAHOT Leviticus 18:11 word 1
בַּת\־bat-[the] daughter of
Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1323G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: daughter
Used 539 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1323G; TAHOT Leviticus 18:11 word 2
אֵ֤שֶׁת'E.shet[the] wife of
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: woman: wife
Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Leviticus 18:11 word 3
אָבִ֙יךָ֙'a.Vi.khafather your
Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: father
Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Leviticus 18:11 word 4
מוֹלֶ֣דֶתmo.Le.detone born of
Lemma: מוֹלֶ֫דֶת (mo.le.det) · Strong's: H4138
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: relatives
Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 11:28, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 24:4, Genesis 24:7, Genesis 31:3, Genesis 31:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4138; TAHOT Leviticus 18:11 word 5
אָבִ֔יךָ'a.Vi.khafather your
Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: father
Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Leviticus 18:11 word 6
אֲחוֹתְךָ֖'a.chot.Kha[is] sister your
Lemma: אָחוֹת (a.chot) · Strong's: H0269
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: sister
Used 109 times. Also: Genesis 4:22, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 12:19, Genesis 20:2, Genesis 20:5, Genesis 20:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0269; TAHOT Leviticus 18:11 word 7
הִ֑ואhi'she
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Singular (HPp3fs)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Leviticus 18:11 word 8
לֹ֥אlo'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 Leviticus 18:11 word 9
תְגַלֶּ֖הte.ga.Lehyou will uncover
Lemma: גָּלָה (ga.lah) · Strong's: H1540I
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpi2ms)
Meaning: to reveal: uncover
Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 9:21, Exodus 20:26, Leviticus 18:6, Leviticus 18:7, Leviticus 18:8, Leviticus 18:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1540I; TAHOT Leviticus 18:11 word 10
עֶרְוָתָֽהּ\׃\ \ס'er.va.Tahnakedness her
Lemma: עֶרְוָה (er.vah) · Strong's: H6172
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: nakedness
Used 54 times. Also: Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 42:9, Genesis 42:12, Exodus 20:26, Exodus 28:42 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6172; TAHOT Leviticus 18:11 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You must not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| have sexual relations with | → | עֶרְוָה H6172 nakedness |
| . . . | → | גָּלָה H1540I to reveal: uncover |
| . . . | → | עֶרְוָה H6172 nakedness |
| the daughter | → | בַּת H1323G daughter |
| of your father’s | → | אָב H0001G father |
| wife | → | אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife |
| born | → | מוֹלֶ֫דֶת H4138 relatives |
| to your father | → | אָב H0001G father |
| she | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| is your sister | → | אָחוֹת H0269 sister |
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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