The Meaning of Leviticus 20:20 Explained

Leviticus 20:20

KJV: And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

YLT: 'And a man who lieth with his aunt, the nakedness of his uncle he hath uncovered; their sin they bear; childless they die.

Darby: And if a man lie with his aunt, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: their sin shall they bear: they shall die childless.

ASV: And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And if a man  shall lie  with his uncle's wife,  he hath uncovered  his uncle's  nakedness:  they shall bear  their sin;  they shall die  childless. 

What does Leviticus 20:20 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 20:20 mean?

And a man if lies with his uncle's wife nakedness of his uncle he has uncovered their sin they shall bear Childless they shall die
וְאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִשְׁכַּב֙ אֶת־ דֹּ֣דָת֔וֹ עֶרְוַ֥ת דֹּד֖וֹ גִּלָּ֑ה חֶטְאָ֥ם יִשָּׂ֖אוּ עֲרִירִ֥ים יָמֻֽתוּ

וְאִ֗ישׁ  And  a  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.
דֹּ֣דָת֔וֹ  his  uncle's  wife 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: דֹּודָה  
Sense: aunt.
עֶרְוַ֥ת  nakedness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֶרְוָה  
Sense: nakedness, nudity, shame, pudenda.
דֹּד֖וֹ  of  his  uncle 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: דֹּוד  
Sense: beloved, love, uncle.
גִּלָּ֑ה  he  has  uncovered 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּלָה  
Sense: to uncover, remove.
חֶטְאָ֥ם  their  sin 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: חֵטְא  
Sense: sin.
יִשָּׂ֖אוּ  they  shall  bear 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
עֲרִירִ֥ים  Childless 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: עֲרִירִי  
Sense: stripped, childless, bare of children.
יָמֻֽתוּ  they  shall  die 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.