Numbers 5:18 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:”
Numbers 5:18 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 5:1825 words
וְהֶעֱמִידwəheʿĕmîdAnd stand
הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating
אֶתʾet—
הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וּפָרַעûp̄āraʿAnd loosen
אֶתʾet—
רֹאשׁrōʾšHead
הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman
וְנָתַןwənātanAnd give
עַלʿalAbove
כַּפֶּיהָkapeyhāHollow hand
אֵתʾēt—
מִנְחַתminəḥatDonation
הַזִּכָּרוֹןhazikārwōnThe memento
מִנְחַתminəḥatDonation
קְנָאֹתqənāʾōtJealousy
הִואhiwʾHe
וּבְיַדûvəyadAnd in hand
הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating
יִהְיוּyihəyûExist
מֵיmêWaters
הַמָּרִיםhamārîmThe bitter
הַמְאָרֲרִיםhaməʾārărîmThe execrate
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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