Study it in the app“And you shall not lie with a male as one lies with a woman; it is an abomination.”
And you shall notוְ לֹאlieתִשְׁכַּבwithאֶתa maleזָכָרas one liesמִשְׁכְּבֵיwith a woman;אִשָּׁהitהִואis an abomination.תּוֹעֵבָה
1 Corinthians 6:9 uses arsenokoitēs, “a man who lies with males”; Leviticus 18:22 forbids lying “with a male as one lies with a woman.”
The same term appears in both passages.
lie with
To lie with someone, have relations.
Where else “tishkav” appearsmale
A person of the male sex, man or boy.
Where else “zachar” appearslie with
To join someone in the intimacy of a couple.
Where else “mishkve” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appearsabomination
Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.
Where else “toeva” appears21And 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.
22 · This verse (above)
23And you shall not lie with any beast, making yourself unclean with it; and a woman shall not stand before a beast to mate with it; it is perversion.
