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Leviticus 18:14

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← Leviticus 18:13	Leviticus 18:14 (KJV)	Leviticus 18:15 →
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she [is] thy mother's near kinswoman.	Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she [is] thine aunt.	Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she [is] thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt not uncover^H1540 the nakedness^H6172 of thy father's^H1 brother^H251, thou shalt not approach^H7126 to his wife^H802: she is thine aunt^H1733.

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Original Hebrew

עֶרְוַת אֲחִי־אָבִיךָ לֹא תְגַלֵּה אֶל־אִשְׁתֹּו לֹא תִקְרָב דֹּדָתְךָ הִוא׃ ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
עֶרְוַ֥ת	'er.Vat	H6172	HNcfsc	(the) nakedness of
אֲחִֽי	'a.chi-	H251	HNcmsc	(the) brother of
אָבִ֖י/ךָ	'a.Vi./kha	H1	HNcmsc/Sp2ms	father/ your
לֹ֣א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
תְגַלֵּ֑ה	te.ga.Leh	H1540	HVpi2ms	you will uncover
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
אִשְׁתּ/וֹ֙	'ish.T/o	H802	HNcfsc/Sp3ms	wife/ his
לֹ֣א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
תִקְרָ֔ב	tik.Rav	H7126	HVqi2ms	you will draw near
דֹּדָֽתְ/ךָ֖	do.da.te./Kha	H1733	HNcfsc/Sp2ms	(is) aunt/ your
הִֽוא	hi'	H1931	HPp3fs	she

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-'.
• H251 — אָח (ʼâch, awkh): a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father)); another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.
• 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.
• H1733 — דּוֹדָה (dôwdâh, do-daw'): feminine of דּוֹד; an aunt; aunt, father's sister, uncle's wife.
• H6172 — עֶרְוָה (ʻervâh, er-vaw'): from עָרָה; nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish); nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).
• H7126 — קָרַב (qârab, kaw-rab'): a primitive root; to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose; (cause to) approach, (cause to) bring (forth, near), (cause to) come (near, nigh), (cause to) draw near (nigh), go (near), be at hand, join, be near, offer, present, produce, make ready, stand, take.

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

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

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