Study it in the app“then 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;”
then the priestהַכֹּהֵןshall makeוְהִשְׁבִּיעַthe womanאֶת הָאִשָּׁהswearוְהִשְׁבִּיעַthe oathבִּשְׁבֻעַתof imprecation,הָאָלָהand the priestהַכֹּהֵןshall sayוְאָמַרto the woman,לָאִשָּׁה‘May YHWHיְהוָהmakeיִתֵּןyouאוֹתָךְan imprecationלְאָלָהand an oathוְלִשְׁבֻעָהamongבְּתוֹךְyour people,עַמֵּךְwhen YHWHיְהוָהmakesבְּתֵתyour thighאֶת יְרֵכֵךְsagנֹפֶלֶתand your bellyוְאֶת בִּטְנֵךְswell;צָבָה
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appearsput under oath
To make someone swear.
Where else “hishbia” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appearsoath
Oath: a solemn promise sworn in someone's name.
Where else “shevuat” appearsoath
An oath that brings a curse if broken.
Where else “ala” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsmake
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “yiten” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearskin
Relatives: "gathered to his people" at death.
Where else “ame” appearsthigh
The part of the leg near the hip, where the sword is strapped and an oath is sworn.
Where else “yereche” appearsfall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “nofelet” appearsbelly
The belly; also one's innermost part.
Where else “bitne” appearsswollen
Swollen.
Where else “tsava” appears“To be made an imprecation” can be understood to mean that her name would be used in cursing. “That the thigh sag and the belly swell” may describe harm to the body that would keep her from having children (compare 5:28, where the innocent woman “shall conceive offspring”).
20But 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—’
21 · This verse (above)
22may this water that brings a curse go into your bowels to make the belly swell and the thigh sag.’ And the woman shall say, ‘Amen, amen.’
