And you shall notוְ לֹאlieתִתֵּן שְׁכָבְתְּךָwithאֶלthe wifeאֵשֶׁתof your neighborעֲמִיתְךָto emit semen,לְזָרַעmaking yourself uncleanלְטָמְאָהwith her.בָהּ
Leviticus 18:20
Study it in the app“And you shall not lie with the wife of your neighbor to emit semen, making yourself unclean with her.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 18:20, word by word
- lieתִתֵּןtiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titen” appears- lieשְׁכָבְתְּshechavt
lying (with)
Lying with someone; sexual relations.
Where else “shechavt” appears- the wifeאֵשֶׁתeshet
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “eshet” appears- of your neighborעֲמִיתְamit
neighbor, fellow
Neighbor, companion: a fellow member of the people with whom one deals.
Where else “amit” appears- to emit semenזָרַעzara
semen
The fluid from a man that gives rise to a child.
Where else “zara” appears- making yourself uncleanטָמְאָהtama
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “tama” appears
The context
19And you shall not approach a woman during the menstruation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness.
20 · This verse (above)
21And you shall not give any of your offspring to make them pass over to Molech, and you shall not profane the name of your Elohim. I am YHWH.