And a manוְאִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרcommits adulteryיִנְאַףwithאֶתthe wifeאֵשֶׁתof a man,אִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרcommits adulteryיִנְאַףwithאֶתthe wifeאֵשֶׁתof his neighbor,רֵעֵהוּshall surelyמוֹתbe put to death,יוּמַתthe adultererהַנֹּאֵףand the adulteress.וְהַנֹּאָפֶת
Leviticus 20:10
Study it in the app“And a man who commits adultery with the wife of a man, who commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, shall surely be put to death, the adulterer and the adulteress.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 20:10, word by word
- And a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- commits adulteryיִנְאַףyinaf
commit adultery
To sleep with another's spouse.
Where else “yinaf” appears- the wifeאֵשֶׁתeshet
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “eshet” appears- of his neighborרֵעֵree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- shall surelyמוֹתmot
be put to death
To lose one's life as punishment.
Where else “mot” appears
Translation note
In John 8:3-11—a passage that the SBLGNT prints within double brackets—they bring Jesus a woman caught in adultery, and he says: “Let whoever of you is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her” (8:7).
The context
9For any man who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is on him.
10 · This verse (above)
11And a man who lies with his father’s wife has uncovered his father’s nakedness; both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood is on them.