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And you shall notוְ לֹאapproachתִקְרַבa womanאֶל אִשָּׁהduringבְּthe menstruationנִדַּתof her uncleannessטֻמְאָתָהּto uncoverלְגַלּוֹתher nakedness.עֶרְוָתָהּ
Leviticus 18:19
Study it in the app“And you shall not approach a woman during the menstruation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 18:19, word by word
- approachתִקְרַבtikrav
come near
To come near to someone or something.
Where else “tikrav” appears- a womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- the menstruationנִדַּתnidat
menstruation
A woman's monthly bleeding and the uncleanness it brought.
Where else “nidat” appears- of her uncleannessטֻמְאָתָtumata
uncleanness
The state of one who cannot approach what is holy until washed and waiting.
Where else “tumata” appears- to uncoverגַלּוֹתgalot
uncover
To remove what covers, leaving something in view.
Where else “galot” appears- her nakednessעֶרְוָתָervata
nakedness
Nakedness; the private parts of the body; figuratively, shame. Seeing another's nakedness was a grave lack of respect.
Where else “ervata” appears
The context
18And you shall not take a woman in addition to her sister as a rival, uncovering her nakedness besides her while she is alive.
19 · This verse (above)
20And you shall not lie with the wife of your neighbor to emit semen, making yourself unclean with her.