Numbers 5:13

“and a man lies with her with emission of semen, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she has made herself unclean in secret, and there is no witness against her, and she has not been caught,”

Numbers 5:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 5:13, word by word

and a manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

Where else “ish” appears
liesשָׁכַבshachav

lie with

To lie with someone, have relations.

Where else “shachav” appears
with emissionשִׁכְבַתshichvat

emission

A man's emission of semen, which under the law left him unclean until evening.

Where else “shichvat” appears
of semenזֶרַעzera

semen

The fluid from a man that gives rise to a child.

Where else “zera” appears
and it is hiddenנֶעְלַםnelam

be hidden

To stay out of someone's sight or knowledge; what is not revealed.

Where else “nelam” appears
from the eyesעֵינֵיene

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

Where else “ene” appears
has made herself uncleanנִטְמָאָהnitmaa

be unclean

To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.

Where else “nitmaa” appears
in secretנִסְתְּרָהnistra

hide

To put someone or something out of sight, to keep it safe or to flee.

Where else “nistra” appears
witnessעֵדed

witness

Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.

Where else “ed” appears
been caughtנִתְפָּשָׂהnitpasa

seize

To grab or capture someone.

Where else “nitpasa” appears

The context

12“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them: If any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him,

13 · This verse (above)

14and a spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife, and she has made herself unclean; or a spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife, though she has not made herself unclean,

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