The Meaning of Deuteronomy 22:30 Explained

Deuteronomy 22:30

KJV: A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.

YLT: 'A man doth not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt.

Darby: A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt.

ASV: A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

A man  shall not take  his father's  wife,  nor discover  his father's  skirt. 

What does Deuteronomy 22:30 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 22

1  Of humanity toward brothers
5  The sex is to be distinguished by apparel
6  The bird is not to be taken with her young ones
8  The house must have battlements
9  Confusion is to be avoided
12  Tassels upon the vesture
13  The punishment of him who slanders his wife
22  of adultery
23  of rape
28  of fornication
30  of incest

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 22:30 mean?

Not shall take a man - wife of his father nor uncover bed of his father -
לֹא־ יִקַּ֥ח אִ֖ישׁ אֶת־ אֵ֣שֶׁת אָבִ֑יו וְלֹ֥א יְגַלֶּ֖ה כְּנַ֥ף אָבִֽיו ס

יִקַּ֥ח  shall  take 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
אִ֖ישׁ  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
אֵ֣שֶׁת  wife 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
אָבִ֑יו  of  his  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
וְלֹ֥א  nor 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יְגַלֶּ֖ה  uncover 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּלָה  
Sense: to uncover, remove.
כְּנַ֥ף  bed 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: כָּנָף  
Sense: wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt.
אָבִֽיו  of  his  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation