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Deuteronomy 27:20

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← Deuteronomy 27:19	Deuteronomy 27:20 (KJV)	Deuteronomy 27:21 →
Cursed [be] he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.	Cursed [be] he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.	Cursed [be] he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Cursed^H779 be he that lieth^H7901 with his father's^H1 wife^H802; because he uncovereth^H1540 his father's^H1 skirt^H3671. And all the people^H5971 shall say^H559, Amen^H543.

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Original Hebrew

אָרוּר שֹׁכֵב עִם־אֵשֶׁת אָבִיו כִּי גִלָּה כְּנַף אָבִיו וְאָמַר כָּל־הָעָם אָמֵן׃ ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אָר֗וּר	'a.Rur	H779	HVqsmsa	(is) cursed
שֹׁכֵב֙	sho.Khev	H7901	HVqrmsa	(one who) lies
עִם	'im-	H5973	HR	with
אֵ֣שֶׁת	'E.shet	H802	HNcfsc	(the) wife of
אָבִ֔י/ו	'a.Vi/v	H1	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	father/ his
כִּ֥י	ki	H3588	HC	for
גִלָּ֖ה	gi.Lah	H1540	HVpp3ms	he has uncovered
כְּנַ֣ף	ke.Naf	H3671	HNcfsc	(the) skirt of
אָבִ֑י/ו	'a.Vi/v	H1	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	father/ his
וְ/אָמַ֥ר	ve./'a.Mar	H559	HC/Vqq3ms	and/ it will say
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
הָ/עָ֖ם	ha./'Am	H5971	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ people
אָמֵֽן	'a.Men	H543	HD	amen

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
• H543 — אָמֵן (ʼâmên, aw-mane'): from אָמַן; sure; abstract, faithfulness; adverb, truly; Amen, so be it, truth.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H779 — אָרַר (ʼârar, aw-rar'): a primitive root; to execrate; [idiom] bitterly curse.
• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
• H1540 — גָּלָה (gâlâh, gaw-law'): a primitive root; to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal; [phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.
• H3671 — כָּנָף (kânâph, kaw-nawf'): from כָּנַף; an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle; [phrase] bird, border, corner, end, feather(-ed), [idiom] flying, [phrase] (one an-) other, overspreading, [idiom] quarters, skirt, [idiom] sort, uttermost part, wing(-ed).
• H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
• H7901 — שָׁכַב (shâkab, shaw-kab'): a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose); [idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H5973 — עִם (ʻim, eem): from עָמַם; adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English); accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).

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