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Leviticus 18:12

Hebrew
ESV
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister; she is your father's relative.
NIV
“'Do not have sexual relations with your father's sister; she is your father's close relative.
NLT
“Do not have sexual relations with your father's sister, for she is your father's close relative.
LXX
ἀσχημοσύνην ἀδελφῆς πατρός σου οὐκ ἀποκαλύψεις οἰκεία γὰρ πατρός σού ἐστινplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί

greek

εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”).

It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g.
KJV
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.

Leviticus 18:11 ← Leviticus 18:12 → Leviticus 18:13

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