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Leviticus 18:16 Interlinear

“nakedness wife it is thy brother's Thou shalt not uncover nakedness it is thy brother's ”

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Leviticus 18 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	עֶרְוַ֥ת	H6172	nakedness	nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
2	אֵֽשֶׁת	H802	wife	a woman
3	אָחִ֖יךָ	H251	it is thy brother's	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
4	לֹ֣א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
5	תְגַלֵּ֑ה	H1540	Thou shalt not uncover	to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
6	עֶרְוַ֥ת	H6172	nakedness	nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
7	אָחִ֖יךָ	H251	it is thy brother's	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
8	הִֽוא׃	H1931		he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

Leviticus 18:16 (current)nakedness wife it is thy brother's Thou shalt not uncover nakedness it is thy brother's