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Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she is thy mother’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 18:13 word 1

אֲחֽוֹת\־'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 18:13 word 2

אִמְּךָ֖'i.me.Khamother your

Lemma: אֵם (em) · Strong's: H0517

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: mother

Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0517; TAHOT Leviticus 18:13 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 18:13 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 18:13 word 5

כִּֽי\־ki-for

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Leviticus 18:13 word 6

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 18:12, Leviticus 20:19, Leviticus 21:2, Leviticus 25:49 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7607; TAHOT Leviticus 18:13 word 7

אִמְּךָ֖'i.me.Khamother your

Lemma: אֵם (em) · Strong's: H0517

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: mother

Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0517; TAHOT Leviticus 18:13 word 8

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 18:13 word 9

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 mother’s	→	אֵם H0517 mother
sister	→	אָחוֹת H0269 sister
for	→	כִּי H3588A for
she	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
is your mother’s	→	אֵם H0517 mother
close relative	→	שְׁאֵר H7607 flesh

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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