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Leviticus 18:16

Hebrew
ESV
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife; it is your brother's nakedness.
NIV
“'Do not have sexual relations with your brother's wife; that would dishonor your brother.
NLT
“Do not have sexual relations with your brother's wife, for this would violate your brother.
LXX
ἀσχημοσύνην γυναικὸς ἀδελφοῦ σου οὐκ ἀποκαλύψεις ἀσχημοσύνη ἀδελφοῦ 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 brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.

Leviticus 18:15 ← Leviticus 18:16 → Leviticus 18:17

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