But if you,וְאַתְּ כִּיhave gone astrayשָׂטִיתwhile under the authority ofתַּחַתyour husband,אִישֵׁךְand ifוְכִיyou have made yourself unclean,נִטְמֵאתand a manאִישׁother thanמִבַּלְעֲדֵיyour husbandאִישֵׁךְhas lain with you—’וַיִּתֵּן בָּךְ אֶת שְׁכָבְתּוֹ
Numbers 5:20
Study it in the app“But if you, have gone astray while under the authority of your husband, and if you have made yourself unclean, and a man other than your husband has lain with you—’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 5:20, word by word
- have gone astrayשָׂטִיתsatit
go astray
Turn aside, go astray from the right way.
Where else “satit” appears- your husbandאִישֵׁishe
husband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “ishe” appears- you have made yourself uncleanנִטְמֵאתnitmet
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “nitmet” appears- other thanבַּלְעֲדֵיbalade
except
Except, besides, apart from.
Where else “balade” appears- has lain with you—’יִּתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- has lain with you—’שְׁכָבְתּshechavt
lying (with)
Lying with someone; sexual relations.
Where else “shechavt” appears
The context
19And the priest shall make her swear and say to the woman, ‘If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone astray into uncleanness while under the authority of your husband, be free from this water of bitterness that brings a curse.
20 · This verse (above)
21then the priest shall make the woman swear the oath of imprecation, and the priest shall say to the woman, ‘May YHWH make you an imprecation and an oath among your people, when YHWH makes your thigh sag and your belly swell;