The Meaning of Leviticus 18:22 Explained

Leviticus 18:22

KJV: Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

YLT: And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it is.

Darby: And thou shalt not lie with mankind as one lieth with a woman: it is an abomination.

ASV: Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou shalt not lie  with mankind,  as with  womankind:  it [is] abomination. 

What does Leviticus 18:22 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 18

1  Unlawful marriages and unlawful lusts

What do the individual words in Leviticus 18:22 mean?

And with a male not You shall lie as with a woman [is] an abomination it
וְאֶ֨ת־ זָכָ֔ר לֹ֥א תִשְׁכַּ֖ב מִשְׁכְּבֵ֣י אִשָּׁ֑ה תּוֹעֵבָ֖ה הִֽוא

וְאֶ֨ת־  And  with 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
זָכָ֔ר  a  male 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָכָר  
Sense: male (of humans and animals) adj.
תִשְׁכַּ֖ב  You  shall  lie 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: שָׁכַב  
Sense: to lie down.
מִשְׁכְּבֵ֣י  as  with 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: מִשְׁכָּב  
Sense: a lying down, couch, bier, act of lying.
אִשָּׁ֑ה  a  woman 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
תּוֹעֵבָ֖ה  [is]  an  abomination 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תֹּועֵבָה  
Sense: a disgusting thing, abomination, abominable.