Numbers 5:21
and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.
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ASV
then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, Jehovah make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when Jehovah doth make thy thigh to fall away, and thy body to swell;
KJV
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;
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24 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִשְׁבִּ֨יעַ | ve.hish.Bi.a' | and he will make swear | H7650 → |
| הַכֹּהֵ֥ן | ha.ko.Hen | the priest | H3548 → |
| אֶֽת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הָֽאִשָּׁה֮ | ha.'i.Shah | the woman | H802 → |
| בִּשְׁבֻעַ֣ת | bish.vu.'At | with [the] oath of | H7621 → |
| הָאָלָה֒ | ha.'a.Lah | the curse | H423 → |
| וְאָמַ֤ר | ve.'a.Mar | and he will say | H559 → |
| הַכֹּהֵן֙ | ha.ko.Hen | the priest | H3548 → |
| לָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה | la.'i.Shah | to the woman | H802 → |
| יִתֵּ֨ן | yi.Ten | may he make | H5414 → |
| יְהוָ֥ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אוֹתָ֛ךְ | 'o.Takh | <obj.> you | H853 → |
| לְאָלָ֥ה | le.'a.Lah | into a curse | H423 → |
| וְלִשְׁבֻעָ֖ה | ve.lish.vu.'Ah | and into a oath | H7621 → |
| בְּת֣וֹךְ | be.Tokh | in among | H8432 → |
| עַמֵּ֑ךְ | 'a.Mekh | people your | H5971 → |
| בְּתֵ֨ת | be.Tet | when makes | H5414 → |
| יְהוָ֤ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| יְרֵכֵךְ֙ | ye.re.kheKh | thigh your | H3409 → |
| נֹפֶ֔לֶת | no.Fe.let | falling | H5307 → |
| וְאֶת־ | ve.'Et | and <obj.> | H853 → |
| בִּטְנֵ֖ךְ | bit.Nekh | belly your | H990 → |
| צָבָֽה׃ | tza.Vah | swollen | H6639 → |
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