King James Version
Leviticus 18:6 in the King James Version says “None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. near: Heb. rema...” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. near: Heb. remainder of his flesh”
Leviticus 18:6 · KJV
Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. near: Heb. remainder of his flesh
The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“to any”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“to any”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“that is near”
H7607flesh (as swelling out), as living or for food; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood
“of kin”
H1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“None of you shall approach”
H7126to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
“to him to uncover”
H1540to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
“their nakedness”
H6172nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
“I am the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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