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leviticus_18:8

Leviticus 18:8

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

Leviticus 18:7 ← Leviticus 18:8 → Leviticus 18:9

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