The Meaning of Leviticus 18:11 Explained

Leviticus 18:11

KJV: The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

YLT: The nakedness of a daughter of thy father's wife, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.

Darby: The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father: she is thy sister: thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

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 Reverse Interlinear

The nakedness  of thy father's  wife's  daughter,  begotten  of thy father,  she [is] thy sister,  thou shalt not uncover  her nakedness. 

What does Leviticus 18:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 18

1  Unlawful marriages and unlawful lusts

What do the individual words in Leviticus 18:11 mean?

The nakedness of daughter of wife of your father begotten by your father [is] your sister she not you shall uncover her nakedness -
עֶרְוַ֨ת בַּת־ אֵ֤שֶׁת אָבִ֙יךָ֙ מוֹלֶ֣דֶת אָבִ֔יךָ אֲחוֹתְךָ֖ הִ֑וא לֹ֥א תְגַלֶּ֖ה עֶרְוָתָֽהּ ס

עֶרְוַ֨ת  The  nakedness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֶרְוָה  
Sense: nakedness, nudity, shame, pudenda.
בַּת־  of  daughter 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
אֵ֤שֶׁת  of  wife 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
אָבִ֙יךָ֙  of  your  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
מוֹלֶ֣דֶת  begotten  by 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מֹולֶדֶת  
Sense: kindred, birth, offspring, relatives.
אָבִ֔יךָ  your  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
אֲחוֹתְךָ֖  [is]  your  sister 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אָחֹות  
Sense: sister.
הִ֑וא  she 
Parse: Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
תְגַלֶּ֖ה  you  shall  uncover 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: גָּלָה  
Sense: to uncover, remove.
עֶרְוָתָֽהּ  her  nakedness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: עֶרְוָה  
Sense: nakedness, nudity, shame, pudenda.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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