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Leviticus 18:8

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The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she [is] thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.	The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it [is] thy father's nakedness.	The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, [whether she be] born at home, or born abroad, [even] their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The nakedness^H6172 of thy father's^H1 wife^H802 shalt thou not uncover^H1540: it is thy father's^H1 nakedness^H6172.

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Original Hebrew

עֶרְוַת אֵשֶׁת־אָבִיךָ לֹא תְגַלֵּה עֶרְוַת אָבִיךָ הִוא׃ ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
עֶרְוַ֥ת	'er.Vat	H6172	HNcfsc	(the) nakedness of
אֵֽשֶׁת	'e.shet-	H802	HNcfsc	(the) wife 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
עֶרְוַ֥ת	'er.Vat	H6172	HNcfsc	(is) (the) nakedness of
אָבִ֖י/ךָ	'a.Vi./kha	H1	HNcmsc/Sp2ms	father/ your
הִֽוא	hi'	H1931	HPp3fs	it

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-'.
• 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.
• H6172 — עֶרְוָה (ʻervâh, er-vaw'): from עָרָה; nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish); nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).

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

• 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.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (1): 1 Chronicles 5:1

Related Topics

• Nave’s: ABOMINATION, COPULATION, INCEST, MARRIAGE

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