When he has made her drinkוְהִשְׁקָהּthe water,אֶת הַמַּיִםthen it shall beוְהָיְתָהthat ifאִםshe has made herself uncleanנִטְמְאָהand been unfaithfulוַתִּמְעֹל מַעַלto her husband,בְּאִישָׁהּthe waterהַמַּיִםthat brings a curseהַמְאָרֲרִיםshall enterוּבָאוּinto herבָהּto become bitter,לְמָרִיםand her bellyבִטְנָהּshall swell,וְצָבְתָהand her thighיְרֵכָהּsag,וְנָפְלָהand the womanהָאִשָּׁהshall becomeוְהָיְתָהan imprecationלְאָלָהamongבְּקֶרֶבher people.עַמָּהּ
Numbers 5:27
Study it in the app“When 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 5:27, word by word
- When he has made her drinkהִשְׁקָhishka
give drink
To give water or another liquid to people or animals.
Where else “hishka” appears- the waterמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- then it shall beהָיְתָהhayta
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “hayta” appears- she has made herself uncleanנִטְמְאָהnitma
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “nitma” appears- and been unfaithfulתִּמְעֹלtimol
be unfaithful
Be unfaithful, break the loyalty owed; especially, keep for oneself what belongs to God.
Where else “timol” appears- and been unfaithfulמַעַלmaal
unfaithfulness
Unfaithfulness, a breach of trust.
Where else “maal” appears- to her husbandאִישָׁisha
husband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “isha” appears- that brings a curseמְאָרֲרִיםmeararim
curse
Curse: declare someone or something under punishment, deprived of blessing. It is the opposite of bless.
Where else “meararim” appears- shall enterבָאוּvau
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “vau” appears- to become bitterמָרִיםmarim
bitterness
Deep pain of soul, or the cruelty that causes it.
Where else “marim” appears- and her bellyבִטְנָvitna
belly
The belly; also one's innermost part.
Where else “vitna” appears- shall swellצָבְתָהtsavta
swell
Swell.
Where else “tsavta” appears- and her thighיְרֵכָyerecha
thigh
The part of the leg near the hip, where the sword is strapped and an oath is sworn.
Where else “yerecha” appears- sagנָפְלָהnafla
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “nafla” appears- and the womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- an imprecationאָלָהala
oath
An oath that brings a curse if broken.
Where else “ala” appears- amongקֶרֶבkerev
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kerev” appears- her peopleעַמָּama
kin
Relatives: "gathered to his people" at death.
Where else “ama” appears
The context
26And 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.
27 · This verse (above)
28But if the woman has not made herself unclean, and she is clean, she shall be free and shall conceive offspring.