The Meaning of Leviticus 20:11 Explained

Leviticus 20:11

KJV: And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

YLT: And a man who lieth with his father's wife -- the nakedness of his father he hath uncovered -- both of them are certainly put to death; their blood is on them.

Darby: And a man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall certainly be put to death; their blood is upon them.

ASV: And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the man  that lieth  with his father's  wife  hath uncovered  his father's  nakedness:  both  of them shall surely  be put to death;  their blood  [shall be] upon them. 

What does Leviticus 20:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 20

1  Of him who gives his seed to Moloch
4  Of him who favors such an one
6  Of going to wizards
7  Of sanctification
9  Of him who curses his parents
11  Of incest
13  Of sodomy
15  Of bestiality
18  Of uncleanness
22  Obedience is required with holiness
27  Wizards must be put to death

What do the individual words in Leviticus 20:11 mean?

And the man who lies with wife of his father nakedness of his father has uncovered Surely shall be put to death the two of them their blood [shall be] upon them
וְאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִשְׁכַּב֙ אֶת־ אֵ֣שֶׁת אָבִ֔יו עֶרְוַ֥ת אָבִ֖יו גִּלָּ֑ה מֽוֹת־ יוּמְת֥וּ שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם דְּמֵיהֶ֥ם בָּֽם

וְאִ֗ישׁ  And  the  man 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
יִשְׁכַּב֙  lies 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁכַב  
Sense: to lie down.
אֵ֣שֶׁת  wife 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
אָבִ֔יו  of  his  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
עֶרְוַ֥ת  nakedness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֶרְוָה  
Sense: nakedness, nudity, shame, pudenda.
אָבִ֖יו  of  his  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
גִּלָּ֑ה  has  uncovered 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּלָה  
Sense: to uncover, remove.
מֽוֹת־  Surely 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive absolute
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
יוּמְת֥וּ  shall  be  put  to  death 
Parse: Verb, Hofal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם  the  two  of  them 
Parse: Number, mdc, third person masculine plural
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
דְּמֵיהֶ֥ם  their  blood  [shall  be] 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: דָּם  
Sense: blood.
בָּֽם  upon  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural