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may thisהָאֵלֶּהwaterהַמַּיִםthat brings a curseהַמְאָרְרִיםgoוּבָאוּinto your bowelsבְּמֵעַיִךְto makeלַthe bellyבֶּטֶןswellצְבּוֹתand the thighוְ יָרֵךְsag.’לַנְפִּלAnd the womanהָאִשָּׁהshall say,וְאָמְרָה‘Amen,אָמֵןamen.’אָמֵן
Numbers 5:22
Study it in the app“may 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.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 5:22, word by word
- waterמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- that brings a curseמְאָרְרִיםmearrim
curse
Curse: declare someone or something under punishment, deprived of blessing. It is the opposite of bless.
Where else “mearrim” appears- goבָאוּvau
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “vau” appears- into your bowelsמֵעַיִmeayi
inward parts
The inward parts, the inside of the body; hence the child who comes out of them.
Where else “meayi” appears- the bellyבֶּטֶןbeten
belly
The belly; also one's innermost part.
Where else “beten” appears- swellצְבּוֹתtsebot
swell
Swell.
Where else “tsebot” appears- and the thighיָרֵךְyarech
thigh
The part of the leg near the hip, where the sword is strapped and an oath is sworn.
Where else “yarech” appears- sag.’נְפִּלnepil
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “nepil” appears- And the womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- shall sayאָמְרָהamra
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amra” appears- ‘Amenאָמֵןamen
amen
Amen: "so it is," "so be it." Whoever says it accepts as firm and true what has just been said.
Where else “amen” appears
The context
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;
22 · This verse (above)
23And the priest shall write these imprecations in a scroll and wipe them off into the water of bitterness.