The Meaning of Leviticus 18:8 Explained

Leviticus 18:8

KJV: The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

YLT: The nakedness of the wife of thy father thou dost not uncover; it is the nakedness of thy father.

Darby: The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

ASV: The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The nakedness  of thy father's  wife  shalt thou not uncover:  it [is] thy father's  nakedness. 

What does Leviticus 18:8 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 18

1  Unlawful marriages and unlawful lusts

What do the individual words in Leviticus 18:8 mean?

The nakedness of wife of your father not you shall uncover nakedness [is] your father it -
עֶרְוַ֥ת אֵֽשֶׁת־ אָבִ֖יךָ לֹ֣א תְגַלֵּ֑ה עֶרְוַ֥ת אָבִ֖יךָ הִֽוא ס

עֶרְוַ֥ת  The  nakedness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֶרְוָה  
Sense: nakedness, nudity, shame, pudenda.
אֵֽשֶׁת־  of  wife 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
אָבִ֖יךָ  of  your  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
תְגַלֵּ֑ה  you  shall  uncover 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: גָּלָה  
Sense: to uncover, remove.
עֶרְוַ֥ת  nakedness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֶרְוָה  
Sense: nakedness, nudity, shame, pudenda.
אָבִ֖יךָ  [is]  your  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation