The Meaning of Leviticus 18:19 Explained

Leviticus 18:19

KJV: Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

YLT: 'And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness.

Darby: And thou shalt not approach a woman in the separation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness.

ASV: And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Also thou shalt not approach  unto a woman  to uncover  her nakedness,  as long as she is put apart  for her uncleanness. 

What does Leviticus 18:19 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 18

1  Unlawful marriages and unlawful lusts

What do the individual words in Leviticus 18:19 mean?

And a woman as long as she is in her [customary] impurity not you shall approach to uncover her nakedness
וְאֶל־ אִשָּׁ֖ה בְּנִדַּ֣ת טֻמְאָתָ֑הּ לֹ֣א תִקְרַ֔ב לְגַלּ֖וֹת עֶרְוָתָֽהּ

אִשָּׁ֖ה  a  woman 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
בְּנִדַּ֣ת  as  long  as  she  is 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: נִדָּה  
Sense: impurity, filthiness, menstruous, set apart.
טֻמְאָתָ֑הּ  in  her  [customary]  impurity 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: טֻמְאָה  
Sense: uncleanness.
תִקְרַ֔ב  you  shall  approach 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: קָרַב  
Sense: to come near, approach, enter into, draw near.
לְגַלּ֖וֹת  to  uncover 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
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.