Numbers 5:26 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.”

Numbers 5:26 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 5:2614 words

וְקָמַץwəqāmaṣAnd grasp

הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating

מִןminPart

הַמִּנְחָהhaminəḥāhThe donation

אֶתʾet—

אַזְכָּרָתָהּʾazəkārātāhReminder

וְהִקְטִירwəhiqəṭîrAnd smoke

הַמִּזְבֵּחָהhamizəbēḥāhThe altar

וְאַחַרwəʾaḥarAnd the hind part

יַשְׁקֶהyašəqehQuaff

אֶתʾet—

הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman

אֶתʾet—

הַמָּיִםhamāyimThe waters

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְקָמַץwəqāmaṣAnd grasp

הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating

מִןminPart

הַמִּנְחָהhaminəḥāhThe donation

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אַזְכָּרָתָהּʾazəkārātāhReminder

וְהִקְטִירwəhiqəṭîrAnd smoke

הַמִּזְבֵּחָהhamizəbēḥāhThe altar

וְאַחַרwəʾaḥarAnd the hind part

יַשְׁקֶהyašəqehQuaff

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַמָּיִםhamāyimThe waters

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