Leviticus 18:18
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
אָחוֹת
ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
צָרַר
tsârar
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
גָּלָה
gâlâh
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
עֶרְוָה
ʻervâh
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
Key Terms in This Verse
צָרַר tsârar
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
Study H6887 →גָּלָה gâlâh
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
Study H1540 →עֶרְוָה ʻervâh
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
Study H6172 →אָחוֹת ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
Study H269 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →לֹא lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
Study H3808 →Cross References
And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife ...
And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son...
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
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