they shall confessוְהִתְוַדּוּtheir sinאֶת חַטָּאתָםthatאֲשֶׁרthey have committed;עָשׂוּand he shall restoreוְהֵשִׁיבin fullבְּרֹאשׁוֹwhat he is guilty of,אֶת אֲשָׁמוֹand addיֹסֵףto itעָלָיוa fifth of it,וַחֲמִישִׁתוֹand give itוְנָתַןto the oneלַאֲשֶׁרagainst whomלוֹhe became guilty.אָשַׁם
Numbers 5:7
Study it in the app“they shall confess their sin that they have committed; and he shall restore in full what he is guilty of, and add to it a fifth of it, and give it to the one against whom he became guilty.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 5:7, word by word
- they shall confessהִתְוַדּוּhitvadu
confess
To own aloud before God and others one's own sins.
Where else “hitvadu” appears- their sinחַטָּאתָchatata
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatata” appears- they have committedעָשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears- and he shall restoreהֵשִׁיבheshiv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “heshiv” appears- in fullרֹאשׁrosh
total
The total: "take the head" is to count.
Where else “rosh” appears- what he is guilty ofאֲשָׁמasham
what is owed
What must be paid back.
Where else “asham” appears- and addיֹסֵףyosef
add
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “yosef” appears- a fifth of itחֲמִישִׁתchamishit
fifth part
One of five equal parts of something.
Where else “chamishit” appears- and give itנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- he became guiltyאָשַׁםasham
be guilty
Be guilty; bear the guilt of something, and so suffer its punishment.
Where else “asham” appears
The context
6“Speak to the sons of Israel: When a man or a woman commits any of the sins of human beings, acting unfaithfully against YHWH, and that person becomes guilty,
7 · This verse (above)
8But if the man has no kinsman redeemer to whom to restore what is owed, what is owed that is restored goes to YHWH, to the priest, besides the ram of expiation with which expiation shall be made for him.