The Meaning of Leviticus 20:17 Explained

Leviticus 20:17

KJV: And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

YLT: 'And a man who taketh his sister, a daughter of his father or daughter of his mother, and he hath seen her nakedness, and she seeth his nakedness: it is a shame; and they have been cut off before the eyes of the sons of their people; the nakedness of his sister he hath uncovered; his iniquity he beareth.

Darby: And if a man take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness, that is a disgrace; and they shall be cut off before the eyes of the children of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

ASV: And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And if a man  shall take  his sister,  his father's  daughter,  or  his mother's  daughter,  and see  her nakedness,  and she see  his nakedness;  it [is] a wicked thing;  and they shall be cut off  in the sight  of their people:  he hath uncovered  his sister's  nakedness;  he shall bear  his iniquity. 

What does Leviticus 20:17 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 20:17 mean?

And a man if he takes - his sister daughter of his father or daughter of his mother and sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness [is] a wicked thing it and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people Nakedness of his sister He has uncovered his guilt He shall bear
וְאִ֣ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־ יִקַּ֣ח אֶת־ אֲחֹת֡וֹ בַּת־ אָבִ֣יו א֣וֹ בַת־ אִ֠מּוֹ וְרָאָ֨ה עֶרְוָתָ֜הּ וְהִֽיא־ תִרְאֶ֤ה עֶרְוָתוֹ֙ חֶ֣סֶד ה֔וּא וְנִ֨כְרְת֔וּ לְעֵינֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י עַמָּ֑ם עֶרְוַ֧ת אֲחֹת֛וֹ גִּלָּ֖ה עֲוֺנ֥וֹ יִשָּֽׂא

וְאִ֣ישׁ  And  a  man 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
יִקַּ֣ח  he  takes 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
אֲחֹת֡וֹ  his  sister 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָחֹות  
Sense: sister.
בַּת־  daughter 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
אָבִ֣יו  of  his  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
בַת־  daughter 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
אִ֠מּוֹ  of  his  mother 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֵם  
Sense: mother.
וְרָאָ֨ה  and  sees 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
עֶרְוָתָ֜הּ  her  nakedness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: עֶרְוָה  
Sense: nakedness, nudity, shame, pudenda.
וְהִֽיא־  and  she 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
תִרְאֶ֤ה  sees 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
עֶרְוָתוֹ֙  his  nakedness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עֶרְוָה  
Sense: nakedness, nudity, shame, pudenda.
חֶ֣סֶד  [is]  a  wicked  thing 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֶסֶד 
Sense: goodness, kindness, faithfulness.
וְנִ֨כְרְת֔וּ  and  they  shall  be  cut  off 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: כָּרַת  
Sense: to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant.
לְעֵינֵ֖י  in  the  sight 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, cdc
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
עַמָּ֑ם  their  people 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
עֶרְוַ֧ת  Nakedness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֶרְוָה  
Sense: nakedness, nudity, shame, pudenda.
אֲחֹת֛וֹ  of  his  sister 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָחֹות  
Sense: sister.
גִּלָּ֖ה  He  has  uncovered 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּלָה  
Sense: to uncover, remove.
עֲוֺנ֥וֹ  his  guilt 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עָוֹן  
Sense: perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity.
יִשָּֽׂא  He  shall  bear 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.

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