The Meaning of Leviticus 18:9 Explained

Leviticus 18:9

KJV: The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

YLT: 'The nakedness of thy sister, daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, born at home or born without; thou dost not uncover their nakedness.

Darby: The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, born at home, or born abroad their nakedness shalt thou not uncover.

ASV: The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or the daughter of thy mother, whether born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The nakedness  of thy sister,  the daughter  of thy father,  or daughter  of thy mother,  [whether she be] born  at home,  or born  abroad,  [even] their nakedness  thou shalt not uncover. 

What does Leviticus 18:9 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 18

1  Unlawful marriages and unlawful lusts

What do the individual words in Leviticus 18:9 mean?

The nakedness of your sister the daughter of your father or of your mother [whether] born at home born elsewhere not you shall uncover their nakedness -
עֶרְוַ֨ת אֲחֽוֹתְךָ֤ בַת־ אָבִ֙יךָ֙ א֣וֹ אִמֶּ֔ךָ מוֹלֶ֣דֶת בַּ֔יִת מוֹלֶ֣דֶת ח֑וּץ לֹ֥א תְגַלֶּ֖ה עֶרְוָתָֽן ס

עֶרְוַ֨ת  The  nakedness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֶרְוָה  
Sense: nakedness, nudity, shame, pudenda.
אֲחֽוֹתְךָ֤  of  your  sister 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אָחֹות  
Sense: sister.
בַת־  the  daughter 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
אָבִ֙יךָ֙  of  your  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
אִמֶּ֔ךָ  of  your  mother 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אֵם  
Sense: mother.
מוֹלֶ֣דֶת  [whether]  born 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מֹולֶדֶת  
Sense: kindred, birth, offspring, relatives.
בַּ֔יִת  at  home 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
מוֹלֶ֣דֶת  born 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מֹולֶדֶת  
Sense: kindred, birth, offspring, relatives.
ח֑וּץ  elsewhere 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חוּץ  
Sense: outside, outward, street, the outside.
תְגַלֶּ֖ה  you  shall  uncover 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: גָּלָה  
Sense: to uncover, remove.
עֶרְוָתָֽן  their  nakedness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine plural
Root: עֶרְוָה  
Sense: nakedness, nudity, shame, pudenda.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation