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Numbers 5:20

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And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness [with another] instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:	But if thou hast gone aside [to another] instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:	Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But if thou hast gone aside^H7847 to another instead of thy husband^H376, and if thou be defiled^H2930, and some man^H376 have^H5414 lain^H7903 with thee beside^H1107 thine husband^H376:

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Original Hebrew

וְאַתְּ כִּי שָׂטִית תַּחַת אִישֵׁךְ וְכִי נִטְמֵאת וַיִּתֵּן אִישׁ בָּךְ אֶת־שְׁכָבְתֹּו מִבַּלְעֲדֵי אִישֵׁךְ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/אַ֗תְּ	ve./'At	H859	HC/Pp2fs	and/ you
כִּ֥י	ki	H3588	HC	if
שָׂטִ֛ית	sa.Tit	H7847	HVqp2fs	you have turned aside
תַּ֥חַת	Ta.chat	H8478	HR	under
אִישֵׁ֖/ךְ	'i.She/kh	H376	HNcmsc/Sp2fs	husband/ your
וְ/כִ֣י	ve./Khi	H3588	HC/C	and/ if
נִטְמֵ֑את	nit.Met	H2930	HVNp2fs	you have made yourself unclean
וַ/יִּתֵּ֨ן	va/i.yi.Ten	H5414	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he has given
אִ֥ישׁ	'ish	H376	HNcmsa	a man
בָּ/ךְ֙	bo/Kh		HR/Sp2fs	in (the)/ you
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
שְׁכָבְתּ֔/וֹ	she.kha.ve.T/o	H7903	HNcfsc/Sp3ms	copulation/ his
מִֽ/בַּלְעֲדֵ֖י	mi./bal.'a.Dei	H1107	HR/R	from/ except
אִישֵֽׁ/ךְ	'i.She/kh	H376	HNcmsc/Sp2fs	husband/ your

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H1107 — בִּלְעֲדֵי (bilʻădêy, bil-ad-ay'): or בַּלְעֲדֵי; constructive plural from בַּל and עַד, not till, i.e. (as preposition or adverb); except, without, besides; beside, not (in), save, without.
• H2930 — טָמֵא (ṭâmêʼ, taw-may'): a primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated); defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, [idiom] utterly.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H7847 — שָׂטָה (sâṭâh, saw-taw'): a primitive root; to deviate from duty; decline, go aside, turn.
• H7903 — שְׁכֹבֶת (shᵉkôbeth, shek-o'-beth): lemma שֶׁכֹבֶת first vowel, corrected to שְׁכֹבֶת; from שָׁכַב; a (sexual) lying with; [idiom] lie.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H859 — אַתָּה (ʼattâh, at-taw'): or (shortened); אַתָּ; or אַת; feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי; plural masculine אַתֶּם; feminine אַתֶּן; or אַתֵּנָהlemma אתֵּנָה missing vowel, corrected to אַתֵּנָה; or אַתֵּנָּה; a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H8478 — תַּחַת (tachath, takh'-ath): from the same as תּוֹחַ; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.; as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (2): Numbers 5:12, Numbers 5:27

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: WOMAN
• Nave’s: ADULTERY, BITTER WATER, HUSBAND, JEALOUSY, OATH, PRIEST, SELF-INCRIMINATION, WIFE, WOMEN

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