Numbers 5:26

“And the priest shall take a handful from the grain offering, its memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, and afterward he shall make the woman drink the water.”

Numbers 5:26 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 5:26, word by word

And the priestכֹּהֵןkohen

priest

One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.

Where else “kohen” appears
shall take a handfulקָמַץkamats

take a handful

Take a handful.

Where else “kamats” appears
from the grain offeringמִּנְחָהmincha

grain offering

The grain offering.

Where else “mincha” appears
its memorial portionאַזְכָּרָתָazkarata

memorial portion

Memorial portion: the part of the grain offering burned on the altar on behalf of the whole.

Where else “azkarata” appears
and burn itהִקְטִירhiktir

burn up

To send up the sacrifice as smoke on the altar.

Where else “hiktir” appears
on the altarמִּזְבֵּחָmizbeach

altar

Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.

Where else “mizbeach” appears
he shall makeיַשְׁקֶהyashke

give drink

To give water or another liquid to people or animals.

Where else “yashke” appears
the womanאִשָּׁהisha

woman

An adult female person: single, married or widowed.

Where else “isha” appears
the waterמָּיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

Where else “mayim” appears

The context

25And the priest shall take from the hand of the woman the grain offering of jealousy, and wave the grain offering before YHWH, and bring it to the altar.

26 · This verse (above)

27When he has made her drink the water, then it shall be that if she has made herself unclean and been unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings a curse shall enter into her to become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh sag, and the woman shall become an imprecation among her people.

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