and a spiritרוּחַof jealousyקִנְאָהcomesוְעָבַרover himעָלָיוand he is jealousוְקִנֵּאof his wife,אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹand sheוְהִואhas made herself unclean;נִטְמָאָהorאוֹa spiritרוּחַof jealousyקִנְאָהcomesעָבַרover himעָלָיוand he is jealousוְקִנֵּאof his wife,אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹthough sheוְהִיאhas notלֹאmade herself unclean,נִטְמָאָה
Numbers 5:14
Study it in the app“and 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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 5:14, word by word
- and a spiritרוּחַruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- of jealousyקִנְאָהkina
jealousy
A husband's burning that tolerates no rivals; so is YHWH with his people.
Where else “kina” appears- comesעָבַרavar
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avar” appears- and he is jealousקִנֵּאkine
be jealous
To feel bitterness because another has what one would like.
Where else “kine” appears- of his wifeאִשְׁתּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears- has made herself uncleanנִטְמָאָהnitmaa
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “nitmaa” appears
The context
13and 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,
14 · This verse (above)
15then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, a tenth of an ephah of barley flour; he shall not pour oil on it and not put frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of memorial, bringing to remembrance iniquity.