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Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman. (KJV)

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עֶרְוַ֥ת'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 18:12 word 1

אֲחוֹת\־'a.chot-[the] sister of

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 18:12 word 2

אָבִ֖יךָ'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 18:12 word 3

לֹ֣אlo'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 18:12 word 4

תְגַלֵּ֑הte.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 18:12 word 5

שְׁאֵ֥רshe.'Er[is] a relative of

Lemma: שְׁאֵר (she.er) · Strong's: H7607

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

Meaning: flesh

Used 16 times. Also: Exodus 21:10, Leviticus 18:6, Leviticus 18:13, Leviticus 20:19, Leviticus 21:2, Leviticus 25:49 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7607; TAHOT Leviticus 18:12 word 6

אָבִ֖יךָ'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 18:12 word 7

הִֽוא\׃\ \סhi'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 18:12 word 8

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
your father’s	→	אָב H0001G father
sister	→	אָחוֹת H0269 sister
she	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
is your father’s	→	אָב H0001G father
close relative	→	שְׁאֵר H7607 flesh

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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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