The Meaning of Leviticus 18:7 Explained

Leviticus 18:7

KJV: The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

YLT: The nakedness of thy father and the nakedness of thy mother thou dost not uncover, she is thy mother; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.

Darby: The nakedness of thy father, and the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother: thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

ASV: The nakedness of thy father, even the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The nakedness  of thy father,  or the nakedness  of thy mother,  shalt thou not uncover:  she [is] thy mother;  thou shalt not uncover  her nakedness. 

What does Leviticus 18:7 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 18

1  Unlawful marriages and unlawful lusts

What do the individual words in Leviticus 18:7 mean?

The nakedness of your father or the nakedness of your mother not you shall uncover [is] your mother she you shall uncover her nakedness -
עֶרְוַ֥ת אָבִ֛יךָ וְעֶרְוַ֥ת אִמְּךָ֖ לֹ֣א תְגַלֵּ֑ה אִמְּךָ֣ הִ֔וא תְגַלֶּ֖ה עֶרְוָתָֽהּ ס

עֶרְוַ֥ת  The  nakedness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֶרְוָה  
Sense: nakedness, nudity, shame, pudenda.
אָבִ֛יךָ  of  your  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
וְעֶרְוַ֥ת  or  the  nakedness 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֶרְוָה  
Sense: nakedness, nudity, shame, pudenda.
אִמְּךָ֖  of  your  mother 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אֵם  
Sense: mother.
תְגַלֵּ֑ה  you  shall  uncover 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: גָּלָה  
Sense: to uncover, remove.
אִמְּךָ֣  [is]  your  mother 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אֵם  
Sense: mother.
הִ֔וא  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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