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And a manוְאִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרliesיִשְׁכַּבwithאֶתhis father’sאָבִיוwifeאֵשֶׁתhas uncoveredגִּלָּהhis father’sאָבִיוnakedness;עֶרְוַתbothשְׁנֵיהֶםof them shall surelyמוֹתbe put to death;יוּמְתוּtheir blood isדְּמֵיהֶםon them.בָּם
Leviticus 20:11
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 20:11, 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- liesיִשְׁכַּבyishkav
lie with
To lie with someone, have relations.
Where else “yishkav” appears- his father’sאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- wifeאֵשֶׁתeshet
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “eshet” appears- has uncoveredגִּלָּהgila
uncover
To remove what covers, leaving something in view.
Where else “gila” appears- nakednessעֶרְוַתervat
nakedness
Nakedness; the private parts of the body; figuratively, shame. Seeing another's nakedness was a grave lack of respect.
Where else “ervat” appears- bothשְׁנֵיshene
both
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shene” appears- of them shall surelyמוֹתmot
be put to death
To lose one's life as punishment.
Where else “mot” appears- their blood isדְּמֵיdeme
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “deme” appears
The context
10And 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.
11 · This verse (above)
12And a man who lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death; they have done perversion; their blood is on them.