Leviticus 18:18
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.

Young's Literal Translation
‘And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.

King James Bible
Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex [her], to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life [time].

Hebrew
You must not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

take
תִקָּ֑ח (ṯiq·qāḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

your wife’s
וְאִשָּׁ֥ה (wə·’iš·šāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

sister
אֲחֹתָ֖הּ (’ă·ḥō·ṯāh)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 269: Sister -- a sister

as a rival wife
לִצְרֹ֗ר (liṣ·rōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6887: To bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, or cramped

and have sexual relations
לְגַלּ֧וֹת (lə·ḡal·lō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1540: To denude, to exile, to reveal

with her
עָלֶ֖יהָ (‘ā·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

while your wife is still alive.
בְּחַיֶּֽיהָ׃ (bə·ḥay·ye·hā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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