And a manוְאִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרliesיִשְׁכַּבwithאֶתa womanאִשָּׁהin her sicknessדָּוָהand uncoversוְגִלָּהher nakednessאֶת עֶרְוָתָהּhas laid bareהֶעֱרָהher fountain,אֶת מְקֹרָהּand sheוְהִיאhas uncoveredגִּלְּתָהthe fountainאֶת מְקוֹרof her blood;דָּמֶיהָbothשְׁנֵיהֶםof them shall be cut offוְנִכְרְתוּfrom amongמִקֶּרֶבtheir people.עַמָּם
Leviticus 20:18
Study it in the app“And a man who lies with a woman in her sickness and uncovers her nakedness has laid bare her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood; both of them shall be cut off from among their people.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 20:18, 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- a womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- in her sicknessדָּוָהdava
menstruating
A woman during her monthly flow.
Where else “dava” appears- and uncoversגִלָּהgila
uncover
To remove what covers, leaving something in view.
Where else “gila” appears- her nakednessעֶרְוָתָervata
nakedness
Nakedness; the private parts of the body; figuratively, shame. Seeing another's nakedness was a grave lack of respect.
Where else “ervata” appears- has laid bareהֶעֱרָהheera
lay bare
To strip what covers something and leave it in view, or to tear it down to its base.
Where else “heera” appears- her fountainמְקֹרָmekora
flow
A flow of blood, like that of a woman.
Where else “mekora” appears- of her bloodדָּמֶיdame
blood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dame” appears- bothשְׁנֵיshene
both
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shene” appears- of them shall be cut offנִכְרְתוּnichrtu
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “nichrtu” appears- from amongקֶּרֶבkerev
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kerev” appears- their peopleעַמָּama
kin
Relatives: "gathered to his people" at death.
Where else “ama” appears
The context
17And a man who takes his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother, and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace, and they shall be cut off before the eyes of the sons of their people. He has uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
18 · This verse (above)
19And the nakedness of your mother’s sister or of your father’s sister you shall not uncover, for that is laying bare one’s own close relative; they shall bear their iniquity.