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A manאִישׁshall notלֹאtakeיִקַּחhis father’sאָבִיוwife,אֶת אֵשֶׁתand he shall notוְלֹאuncoverיְגַלֶּהthe edgeכְּנַףof his father’s garment.אָבִיו
Deuteronomy 22:30
Study it in the app“A man shall not take his father’s wife, and he shall not uncover the edge of his father’s garment.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 22:30, word by word
- A manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- takeיִקַּחyikach
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “yikach” appears- his father’sאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- wifeאֵשֶׁתeshet
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “eshet” appears- uncoverיְגַלֶּהyegale
uncover
To remove what covers, leaving something in view.
Where else “yegale” appears- the edgeכְּנַףkenaf
edge
Literally "wing": the flap of a cloak, or the far reaches of the earth.
Where else “kenaf” appears
Translation note
“Uncovering the edge of his father’s garment” means having relations with the woman who belongs to his father (Leviticus 18:8). In the Hebrew Bible this verse is 23:1.
The context
29then the man who lay with her shall give to the father of the young woman fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he humiliated her; he may not send her away all his days.
30 · This verse (above)