The Meaning of Leviticus 18:23 Explained

Leviticus 18:23

KJV: Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

YLT: And with any beast thou dost not give thy copulation, for uncleanness with it; and a woman doth not stand before a beast to lie down with it; confusion it is.

Darby: And thou shalt lie with no beast to become unclean therewith; and a woman shall not stand before a beast to lie down with it: it is confusion.

ASV: And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Neither shalt thou  lie  with any beast  to defile  thyself therewith: neither shall any woman  stand  before  a beast  to lie down  thereto: it [is] confusion. 

What does Leviticus 18:23 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 18

1  Unlawful marriages and unlawful lusts

What do the individual words in Leviticus 18:23 mean?

And with any animal nor shall you lie carnally to defile yourself with it and any woman nor shall stand before an animal to mate with it [is] perversion it
וּבְכָל־ בְּהֵמָ֛ה לֹא־ תִתֵּ֥ן שְׁכָבְתְּךָ֖ לְטָמְאָה־ בָ֑הּ וְאִשָּׁ֗ה לֹֽא־ תַעֲמֹ֞ד לִפְנֵ֧י בְהֵמָ֛ה לְרִבְעָ֖הּ תֶּ֥בֶל הֽוּא

וּבְכָל־  And  with  any 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
בְּהֵמָ֛ה  animal 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּהֵמָה  
Sense: beast, cattle, animal.
לֹא־  nor 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תִתֵּ֥ן  shall  you  lie 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
שְׁכָבְתְּךָ֖  carnally 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: שְׁכֹבֶת  
Sense: copulation.
לְטָמְאָה־  to  defile  yourself 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person feminine singular
Root: טָמֵא 
Sense: to be unclean, become unclean, become impure.
בָ֑הּ  with  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
וְאִשָּׁ֗ה  and  any  woman 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
לֹֽא־  nor 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תַעֲמֹ֞ד  shall  stand 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: עָמַד  
Sense: to stand, remain, endure, take one’s stand.
לִפְנֵ֧י  before 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
בְהֵמָ֛ה  an  animal 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּהֵמָה  
Sense: beast, cattle, animal.
לְרִבְעָ֖הּ  to  mate  with  it 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person feminine singular
Root: רָבַע  
Sense: to lie stretched out, lie down.
תֶּ֥בֶל  [is]  perversion 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: תֶּבֶל  
Sense: confusion (violation of nature or divine order).

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