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Leviticus 18:9

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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.	The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, [even] their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs [is] thine own nakedness.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The nakedness^H6172 of thy sister^H269, the daughter^H1323 of thy father^H1, or daughter^H1323 of thy mother^H517, whether she be born^H4138 at home^H1004, or born^H4138 abroad^H2351, even their nakedness^H6172 thou shalt not uncover^H1540.

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Original Hebrew

עֶרְוַת אֲחֹותְךָ בַת־אָבִיךָ אֹו בַת־אִמֶּךָ מֹולֶדֶת בַּיִת אֹו מֹולֶדֶת חוּץ לֹא תְגַלֶּה עֶרְוָתָן׃ ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
עֶרְוַ֨ת	'er.Vat	H6172	HNcfsc	(the) nakedness of
אֲחֽוֹתְ/ךָ֤	'a.chot./Kha	H269	HNcfsc/Sp2ms	sister/ your
בַת	vat-	H1323	HNcfsc	(the) daughter of
אָבִ֨י/ךָ֙	'a.Vi./kha	H1	HNcmsc/Sp2ms	father/ your
א֣וֹ	'o	H176	HC	or
בַת	vat-	H1323	HNcfsc	(the) daughter of
אִמֶּ֔/ךָ	'i.Me./kha	H517	HNcfsc/Sp2ms	mother/ your
מוֹלֶ֣דֶת	mo.Le.det	H4138	HNcfsc	one born of
בַּ֔יִת	Ba.yit	H1004	HNcmsa	house
א֖וֹ	'o	H176	HC	or
מוֹלֶ֣דֶת	mo.Le.det	H4138	HNcfsc	one born
ח֑וּץ	Chutz	H2351	HNcmsa	(of) outside
לֹ֥א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
תְגַלֶּ֖ה	te.ga.Leh	H1540	HVpi2ms	you will uncover
עֶרְוָתָֽ/ן	'er.va.Ta/n	H6172	HNcfsc/Sp3fp	nakedness/ their

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-'.
• H269 — אָחוֹת (ʼâchôwth, aw-khoth'): irregular feminine of אָח; a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively); (an-) other, sister, together.
• H517 — אֵם (ʼêm, ame): a primitive word; a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father)); dam, mother, [idiom] parting.
• H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
• H1323 — בַּת (bath, bath): from בָּנָה (as feminine of בֵּן); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively); apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.
• 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.
• H2351 — חוּץ (chûwts, khoots): or (shortened) חֻץ; (both forms feminine in the plural) from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors; abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.
• H4138 — מוֹלֶדֶת (môwledeth, mo-leh'-deth): from יָלַד; nativity (plural birth-place); by implication, lineage, native country; also offspring, family; begotten, born, issue, kindred, native(-ity).
• 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:

• H176 — אוֹ (ʼôw, o): presumed to be the 'constructive' or genitival form of אַו ; short for אַוָּה; desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if; also, and, either, if, at the least, [idiom] nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.
• 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 (2): 2 Samuel 13:4, 2 Samuel 13:12

Related Topics

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

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