Leviticus

Leviticus 18:17

17You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
You must notלֹ֣אlōAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
have sexual relations with bothעֶרְוַ֥ת‘er·waṯNoun - feminine singular constructH6172 nakedness, pudenda
a womanאִשָּׁ֛ה’iš·šāhNoun - feminine singularH802 woman, wife, female
and her daughterוּבִתָּ֖הּū·ḇit·tāhConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singularH1323 daughter
You are notלֹ֤אlōAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
to marryתִקַּח֙ṯiq·qaḥVerb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularH3947 take
her son’sבְּנָ֞הּbə·nāhNoun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singularH1121 son
daughterבַּת־baṯ-Noun - feminine singular constructH1323 daughter
or her daughter’sבַּת־baṯ-Noun - feminine singular constructH1323 daughter
daughterבִּתָּ֗הּbit·tāhNoun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singularH1323 daughter
and have sexual relations with herלְגַלּ֣וֹתlə·ḡal·lō·wṯPreposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive constructH1540 uncover, remove
Theyהֵ֖נָּהhên·nāhPronoun - third person feminine pluralH2007 they
are close relativesשַׁאֲרָ֥הša·’ă·rāhNoun - feminine singularH7608 kindred
itהִֽואhīPronoun - third person feminine singularH1931 he, she
is depravedזִמָּ֥הzim·māhNoun - feminine singularH2154 plan, device, wickedness

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