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And you shall notוּ לֹאlieתִתֵּן שְׁכָבְתְּךָwithבְanyכָלbeast,בְּהֵמָהmaking yourself uncleanלְטָמְאָהwith it;בָהּand a womanוְאִשָּׁהshall notלֹאstandתַעֲמֹדbeforeלִפְנֵיa beastבְהֵמָהto mate with it;לְרִבְעָהּitהוּאis perversion.תֶּבֶל
Leviticus 18:23
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Leviticus 18:23, 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- beastבְּהֵמָהbehema
beast
Animals in general.
Where else “behema” appears- making yourself uncleanטָמְאָהtama
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “tama” appears- and a womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- standתַעֲמֹדtaamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “taamod” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- to mate with itרִבְעָriva
mate, lie down
Lie down, stretch out; said of animals, mate.
Where else “riva” appears- is perversionתֶּבֶלtevel
perversion
A mixing that goes against the natural order; perversion.
Where else “tevel” appears
The context
22And you shall not lie with a male as one lies with a woman; it is an abomination.
23 · This verse (above)
24Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these things, for by all these things the nations that I am driving out before you have become unclean.