The Meaning of Leviticus 18:16 Explained

Leviticus 18:16

KJV: Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.

YLT: The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou dost not uncover; it is thy brother's nakedness.

Darby: The nakedness of thy brother's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy brother's nakedness.

ASV: Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou shalt not uncover  the nakedness  of thy brother's  wife:  it [is] thy brother's  nakedness. 

What does Leviticus 18:16 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 18

1  Unlawful marriages and unlawful lusts

What do the individual words in Leviticus 18:16 mean?

The nakedness of wife of your brother not You shall uncover nakedness [is] your brother it -
עֶרְוַ֥ת אֵֽשֶׁת־ אָחִ֖יךָ לֹ֣א תְגַלֵּ֑ה עֶרְוַ֥ת אָחִ֖יךָ הִֽוא ס

עֶרְוַ֥ת  The  nakedness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֶרְוָה  
Sense: nakedness, nudity, shame, pudenda.
אֵֽשֶׁת־  of  wife 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
אָחִ֖יךָ  of  your  brother 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
תְגַלֵּ֑ה  You  shall  uncover 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: גָּלָה  
Sense: to uncover, remove.
עֶרְוַ֥ת  nakedness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֶרְוָה  
Sense: nakedness, nudity, shame, pudenda.
אָחִ֖יךָ  [is]  your  brother 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation