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Numbers 5:23 — King James Version← Study notes

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:


Numbers 5:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 5:2310 words
וְכָתַבwəḵātavAnd grave
אֶתʾet
הָאָלֹתhāʾālōtThe imprecation
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating
בַּסֵּפֶרbasēp̄erIn writing
וּמָחָהûmāḥāhAnd stroke
אֶלʾelNear
מֵיWaters
הַמָּרִיםhamārîmThe bitter
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְכָתַבwəḵātavAnd grave
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָאָלֹתhāʾālōtThe imprecation
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating
בַּסֵּפֶרbasēp̄erIn writing
וּמָחָהûmāḥāhAnd stroke
אֶלʾelNear
מֵיWaters
הַמָּרִיםhamārîmThe bitter

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