Numbers 5:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The Lord make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;”

Numbers 5:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 5:2124 words

וְהִשְׁבִּיעַwəhišəbîʿaAnd seven

הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating

אֶתʾet—

הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman

בִּשְׁבֻעַתbišəvuʿatIn sworn

הָאָלָהhāʾālāhThe imprecation

וְאָמַרwəʾāmarAnd say

הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating

לָאִשָּׁהlāʾišāhTo woman

יִתֵּןyitēnGive

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אוֹתָךְʾwōtāḵə—

לְאָלָהləʾālāhTo imprecation

וְלִשְׁבֻעָהwəlišəvuʿāhAnd to sworn

בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection

עַמֵּךְʿamēḵəPeople

בְּתֵתbətētIn give

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾet—

יְרֵכֵךְyərēḵēḵəThigh

נֹפֶלֶתnōp̄eletFall

וְאֶתwəʾet—

בִּטְנֵךְbiṭənēḵəBelly

צָבָהṣāvāhTurgid

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְהִשְׁבִּיעַwəhišəbîʿaAnd seven

הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman

בִּשְׁבֻעַתbišəvuʿatIn sworn

הָאָלָהhāʾālāhThe imprecation

וְאָמַרwəʾāmarAnd say

הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating

לָאִשָּׁהlāʾišāhTo woman

יִתֵּןyitēnGive

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אוֹתָךְʾwōtāḵədirect object marker (no translation)

לְאָלָהləʾālāhTo imprecation

וְלִשְׁבֻעָהwəlišəvuʿāhAnd to sworn

בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection

עַמֵּךְʿamēḵəPeople

בְּתֵתbətētIn give

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יְרֵכֵךְyərēḵēḵəThigh

נֹפֶלֶתnōp̄eletFall

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בִּטְנֵךְbiṭənēḵəBelly

צָבָהṣāvāhTurgid

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