Leviticus 18:11
in Leviticus 18You must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
KJV
The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
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This verse in Leviticus 18
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
You must not have sexual relations with your sister
on Leviticus 18:9-11
Verse 9 reaches a half sister born at home or elsewhere. That takes in Sarah at Genesis 20:12, daughter of Abraham's father though not of his mother. The law came at Sinai, centuries after the patriarchs.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter,....
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עֶרְוַ֨ת | ʾervat | [the] nakedness of | H6172 → | 54 times |
| בַּת־ | bat- | [the] daughter of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| אֵ֤שֶׁת | ʾeshet | [the] wife of | H802 → | 781 times |
| אָבִ֙יךָ֙ | ʾavikha | father your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| מוֹלֶ֣דֶת | moledet | one born of | H4138 → | 22 times |
| אָבִ֔יךָ | ʾavikha | father your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| אֲחוֹתְךָ֖ | ʾachotkha | [is] sister your | H269 → | 114 times |
| הִ֑וא | hi' | she | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תְגַלֶּ֖ה | tegaleh | you will uncover | H1540 → | 186 times |
| עֶרְוָתָֽהּ׃ ס | ʾervatah | nakedness her | H6172 → | 54 times |
עֶרְוַ֨ת[the] nakedness of
ʾervatH6172 →54 times
בַּת־[the] daughter of
bat-H1323 →588 times
אֵ֤שֶׁת[the] wife of
ʾeshetH802 →781 times
אָבִ֙יךָ֙father your
ʾavikhaH1 →1212 times
מוֹלֶ֣דֶתone born of
moledetH4138 →22 times
אָבִ֔יךָfather your
ʾavikhaH1 →1212 times
אֲחוֹתְךָ֖[is] sister your
ʾachotkhaH269 →114 times
הִ֑ואshe
hi'H1931 →1879 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תְגַלֶּ֖הyou will uncover
tegalehH1540 →186 times
עֶרְוָתָֽהּ׃ סnakedness her
ʾervatahH6172 →54 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.