Numbers 5:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:”

Numbers 5:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 5:2014 words

וְאַתְּwəʾatəAnd thou

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

שָׂטִיתśāṭîtDeviate

תַּחַתtaḥatBottom

אִישֵׁךְʾîšēḵəMan

וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction

נִטְמֵאתniṭəmēʾtBe foul

וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give

אִישׁʾîšMan

בָּךְbāḵəIn

אֶתʾet—

שְׁכָבְתּוֹšəḵāvətwōLying

מִבַּלְעֲדֵיmibaləʿădêFrom except

אִישֵׁךְʾîšēḵəMan

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאַתְּwəʾatəAnd thou

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

שָׂטִיתśāṭîtDeviate

תַּחַתtaḥatBottom

אִישֵׁךְʾîšēḵəMan

וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction

נִטְמֵאתniṭəmēʾtBe foul

וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give

אִישׁʾîšMan

בָּךְbāḵəIn

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שְׁכָבְתּוֹšəḵāvətwōLying

מִבַּלְעֲדֵיmibaləʿădêFrom except

אִישֵׁךְʾîšēḵəMan

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