Leviticus 18:17
You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.
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ASV
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter; thou shalt not take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
KJV
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
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19 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| עֶרְוַ֥ת | 'er.Vat | [the] nakedness of | H6172 → |
| אִשָּׁ֛ה | 'i.Shah | a woman | H802 → |
| וּבִתָּ֖הּ | u.vi.Tah | and daughter her | H1323 → |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| תְגַלֵּ֑ה | te.ga.Leh | you will uncover | H1540 → |
| אֶֽת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| בַּת־ | bat- | [the] daughter of | H1323 → |
| בְּנָ֞הּ | be.Nah | son her | H1121 → |
| וְאֶת־ | ve.'Et | and <obj.> | H853 → |
| בַּת־ | bat- | [the] daughter of | H1323 → |
| בִּתָּ֗הּ | bi.Tah | daughter her | H1323 → |
| לֹ֤א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| תִקַּח֙ | ti.Kach | you will take | H3947 → |
| לְגַלּ֣וֹת | le.ga.Lot | to uncover | H1540 → |
| עֶרְוָתָ֔הּ | 'er.va.Tah | nakedness her | H6172 → |
| שַׁאֲרָ֥ה | sha.'a.Rah | [are] relative[s] | H7608 → |
| הֵ֖נָּה | He.nah | they | H2007 → |
| זִמָּ֥ה | zi.Mah | [is] wickedness | H2154 → |
| הִֽוא | hi' | it | H1931 → |
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