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 5:23 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 5:2310 words
וְכָתַבwəḵātavAnd grave
אֶתʾet—
הָאָלֹתhāʾālōtThe imprecation
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating
בַּסֵּפֶרbasēp̄erIn writing
וּמָחָהûmāḥāhAnd stroke
אֶלʾelNear
מֵיmêWaters
הַמָּרִיםhamārîmThe bitter
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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