Leviticus 18:12

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Leviticus 18:12


← Leviticus 18:11 Leviticus 18:12 (KJV) Leviticus 18:13 →
The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt not uncoverH1540 the nakednessH6172 of thy father'sH1 sisterH269: she is thy father'sH1 near kinswomanH7607.


Original Hebrew

עֶרְוַת אֲחֹות־אָבִיךָ לֹא תְגַלֵּה שְׁאֵר אָבִיךָ הִוא׃ ס

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
עֶרְוַ֥ת
'er.Vat H6172 HNcfsc (the) nakedness of
אֲחוֹת
'a.chot- H269 HNcfsc (the) sister of
אָבִ֖י/ךָ
'a.Vi./kha H1 HNcmsc/Sp2ms father/ your
לֹ֣א
lo' H3808 HTn not
תְגַלֵּ֑ה
te.ga.Leh H1540 HVpi2ms you will uncover
שְׁאֵ֥ר
she.'Er H7607 HNcmsc (is) a relative of
אָבִ֖י/ךָ
'a.Vi./kha H1 HNcmsc/Sp2ms father/ your
הִֽוא
hi' H1931 HPp3fs she
Strong's References
  • H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
  • H269 — אָחוֹת (ʼâchôwth, aw-khoth'): irregular feminine of אָח (ʼâch) H251; a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively); (an-) other, sister, together.
  • H1540 — גָּלָה (gâlâh, gaw-law'): a primitive root; to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal; [phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.
  • H6172 — עֶרְוָה (ʻervâh, er-vaw'): from עָרָה (ʻârâh) H6168; nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish); nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).
  • H7607 — שְׁאֵר (shᵉʼêr, sheh-ayr'): from שָׁאַר (shâʼar) H7604; flesh (as swelling out), as living or forfood; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood; body, flesh, food, (near) kin(-sman, -swoman), near (nigh) (of kin).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא (hîyʼ); a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
  • H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא (lôwʼ); or לֹה (lôh); (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
Cross References

Reciprocal references (1): Numbers 26:59

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