Leviticus 18:23
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.

Young's Literal Translation
‘And with any beast thou dost not give thy copulation, for uncleanness with it; and a woman doth not stand before a beast to lie down with it; confusion it [is].

King James Bible
Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it [is] confusion.

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

have sexual relations
תִתֵּ֥ן (ṯit·tên)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

with any
וּבְכָל־ (ū·ḇə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

animal,
בְּהֵמָ֛ה (bə·hê·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal

thus defiling yourself
לְטָמְאָה־ (lə·ṭā·mə·’āh-)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 2930: To be or become unclean

with it;
בָ֑הּ (ḇāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

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

must not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

stand
תַעֲמֹ֞ד (ṯa·‘ă·mōḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

before
לִפְנֵ֧י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

an animal
בְהֵמָ֛ה (ḇə·hê·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal

to mate with it;
לְרִבְעָ֖הּ (lə·riḇ·‘āh)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7250: To squat, lie out flat, in copulation

that
הֽוּא׃ (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

is a perversion.
תֶּ֥בֶל (te·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8397: Mixture, unnatural bestiality

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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