Numbers 5:19 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:”
Numbers 5:19 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 5:1922 words
וְהִשְׁבִּיעַwəhišəbîʿaAnd seven
אֹתָהּʾōtāh—
הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating
וְאָמַרwəʾāmarAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman
אִםʾimLo!
לֹאlōʾNot
שָׁכַבšāḵavLie down
אִישׁʾîšMan
אֹתָךְʾōtāḵə—
וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
לֹאlōʾNot
שָׂטִיתśāṭîtDeviate
טֻמְאָהṭuməʾāhImpurity
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
אִישֵׁךְʾîšēḵəMan
הִנָּקִיhināqîBe
מִמֵּיmimêFrom waters
הַמָּרִיםhamārîmThe bitter
הַמְאָרֲרִיםhaməʾārărîmThe execrate
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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