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Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her. (KJV)

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וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and to

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: to(wards)

Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Leviticus 18:20 word 1

אֵ֙שֶׁת֙'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 18:20 word 2

עֲמִֽיתְךָ֔'a.mi.te.Khafellow citizen your

Lemma: עָמִית (a.mit) · Strong's: H5997

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

Meaning: neighbor

Used 12 times. Also: Leviticus 6:2, Leviticus 19:11, Leviticus 19:15, Leviticus 19:17, Leviticus 24:19, Leviticus 25:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5997; TAHOT Leviticus 18:20 word 3

לֹא\־lo'-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 18:20 word 4

תִתֵּ֥ןti.Tenyou will give

Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414O

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)

Meaning: to give: give(marriage)

Used 45 times. Also: Genesis 29:26, Genesis 29:27, Genesis 29:28, Genesis 34:8, Genesis 34:9, Genesis 34:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5414O; TAHOT Leviticus 18:20 word 5

שְׁכָבְתְּךָ֖she.kha.ve.te.Khacopulation your

Lemma: שְׁכֹ֫בֶת (she.kho.vet) · Strong's: H7903

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

Meaning: copulation

Used 4 times. Also: Leviticus 18:23, Leviticus 20:15, Numbers 5:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7903; TAHOT Leviticus 18:20 word 6

לְזָ֑רַעle.Za.ra'for seed

Lemma: זֶ֫רַע (ze.ra) · Strong's: H2233I

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

Meaning: seed: semen

Used 8 times. Also: Leviticus 15:16, Leviticus 15:17, Leviticus 15:18, Leviticus 15:32, Leviticus 19:20, Leviticus 22:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2233I; TAHOT Leviticus 18:20 word 7

לְטָמְאָה\־le.ta.me.'ah-to be unclean

Lemma: טָמֵא (ta.me) · Strong's: H2930A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to defile

Used 162 times. Also: Genesis 34:5, Genesis 34:13, Genesis 34:27, Leviticus 5:3, Leviticus 11:24, Leviticus 11:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2930A; TAHOT Leviticus 18:20 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
lie	→	נָתַן H5414O to give: give(marriage)
carnally	→	שְׁכֹ֫בֶת H7903 copulation
. . .	→	זֶ֫רַע H2233I seed: semen
with	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
your neighbor’s	→	עָמִית H5997 neighbor
wife	→	אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife
and thus defile yourself	→	טָמֵא H2930A to defile
with her	→

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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