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Leviticus 20:21

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← Leviticus 20:20	Leviticus 20:21 (KJV)	Leviticus 20:22 →
And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.	And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it [is] an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.	Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And if a man^H376 shall take^H3947 his brother's^H251 wife^H802, it is an unclean thing^H5079: he hath uncovered^H1540 his brother's^H251 nakedness^H6172; they shall be childless^H6185.

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Original Hebrew

וְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִקַּח אֶת־אֵשֶׁת אָחִיו נִדָּה הִוא עֶרְוַת אָחִיו גִּלָּה עֲרִירִים יִהְיוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/אִ֗ישׁ	ve./'Ish	H376	HC/Ncmsa	and/ a man
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	who
יִקַּ֛ח	yi.Kach	H3947	HVqi3ms	he will take
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
אֵ֥שֶׁת	'E.shet	H802	HNcfsc	(the) wife of
אָחִ֖י/ו	'a.Chi/v	H251	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	brother/ his
נִדָּ֣ה	ni.Dah	H5079	HNcfsa	(is) impurity
הִ֑וא	hi'	H1931	HPp3fs	it
עֶרְוַ֥ת	'er.Vat	H6172	HNcfsc	(the) nakedness of
אָחִ֛י/ו	'a.Chi/v	H251	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	brother/ his
גִּלָּ֖ה	gi.Lah	H1540	HVpp3ms	he has uncovered
עֲרִירִ֥ים	'a.ri.Rim	H6185	HAampa	childless
יִהְיֽוּ	yih.Yu	H1961	HVqi3mp	they will be

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

Strong's References

• 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-'.
• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• 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.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H5079 — נִדָּה (niddâh, nid-daw'): from נָדַד; properly, rejection; by implication, impurity, especially personal (menstruation) or moral (idolatry, incest); [idiom] far, filthiness, [idiom] flowers, menstruous (woman), put apart, [idiom] removed (woman), separation, set apart, unclean(-ness, thing, with filthiness).
• H6172 — עֶרְוָה (ʻervâh, er-vaw'): from עָרָה; nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish); nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).
• H6185 — עֲרִירִי (ʻărîyrîy, ar-e-ree'): from עָרַר; bare, i.e. destitute (of children); childless.

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

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• 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.
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• his brother's — Leviticus 18:16, Matthew 14:3-4

Reciprocal references (1): Mark 6:18

Related Topics

• Nave’s: INCEST, MARRIAGE, SANITATION

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