orאוֹwhenאֲשֶׁרa spiritרוּחַof jealousyקִנְאָהcomesתַּעֲבֹרover a manאִישׁ עָלָיוand he is jealousוְקִנֵּאof his wife;אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹthen he shall setוְהֶעֱמִידthe womanאֶת הָאִשָּׁהbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWH,יְהוָהand the priestהַכֹּהֵןshall carry outוְעָשָׂהfor herלָהּallאֵת כָּלthisהַזֹּאתinstruction.הַתּוֹרָה
Numbers 5:30
Study it in the app“or when a spirit of jealousy comes over a man and he is jealous of his wife; then he shall set the woman before YHWH, and the priest shall carry out for her all this instruction.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 5:30, word by word
- a spiritרוּחַruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- of jealousyקִנְאָהkina
jealousy
A husband's burning that tolerates no rivals; so is YHWH with his people.
Where else “kina” appears- comesתַּעֲבֹרtaavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “taavor” appears- over a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- and he is jealousקִנֵּאkine
be jealous
To feel bitterness because another has what one would like.
Where else “kine” appears- of his wifeאִשְׁתּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears- then he shall setהֶעֱמִידheemid
appoint
To put in place, name to a post.
Where else “heemid” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- and the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- shall carry outעָשָׂהasa
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asa” appears- instructionתּוֹרָהtora
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “tora” appears
The context
29This is the instruction for jealousy, when a wife, while under the authority of her husband, goes astray and makes herself unclean,
30 · This verse (above)
31And the man shall be free from iniquity, but that woman shall bear her iniquity.”