The Meaning of Leviticus 18:20 Explained

Leviticus 18:20

KJV: Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.

YLT: 'And unto the wife of thy fellow thou dost not give thy seed of copulation, for uncleanness with her.

Darby: And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to become unclean with her.

ASV: And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Moreover thou shalt not  lie  carnally  with thy neighbour's  wife,  to defile  thyself with her. 

What does Leviticus 18:20 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 18

1  Unlawful marriages and unlawful lusts

What do the individual words in Leviticus 18:20 mean?

Moreover with wife of your neighbor not lie carnally sowing to defile yourself with her
וְאֶל־ אֵ֙שֶׁת֙ עֲמִֽיתְךָ֔ לֹא־ תִתֵּ֥ן שְׁכָבְתְּךָ֖ לְזָ֑רַע לְטָמְאָה־ בָֽהּ

וְאֶל־  Moreover  with 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
אֵ֙שֶׁת֙  wife 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
עֲמִֽיתְךָ֔  of  your  neighbor 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: עָמִית  
Sense: relation, neighbour, associate, fellow.
תִתֵּ֥ן  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.
לְזָ֑רַע  sowing 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: זֶרַע  
Sense: seed, sowing, offspring.
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.
בָֽהּ  with  her 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular