Numbers 5:30

“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.”

Numbers 5:30 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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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.”

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