Leviticus 20:20
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
שָׁכַב
shâkab
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
דּוֹד
dôwd
(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
גָּלָה
gâlâh
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
דּוֹד
dôwd
(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
עֶרְוָה
ʻervâh
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
נָשָׂא
nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
חַטָּאָה
chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
עֲרִירִי
ʻărîyrîy
bare, i.e. destitute (of children)
Key Terms in This Verse
דּוֹד dôwd
(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
Study H1730 →גָּלָה gâlâh
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
Study H1540 →דּוֹד dôwd
(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
Study H1730 →עֶרְוָה ʻervâh
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
Study H6172 →שָׁכַב shâkab
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
Study H7901 →נָשָׂא nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Study H5375 →חַטָּאָה chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
Study H2403 →Cross References
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
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