Numbers 5:28 Go deeper

And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. (KJV)

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וְאִם\־ve.'im-and if

Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: if

Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0518A; TAHOT Numbers 5:28 word 1

לֹ֤אlo'not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Numbers 5:28 word 2

נִטְמְאָה֙nit.me.'Ahshe has made herself unclean

Lemma: טָמֵא (ta.me) · Strong's: H2930A

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVNp3fs)

Meaning: to defile

Used 162 times. Also: Genesis 34:5, Genesis 34:13, Genesis 34:27, Leviticus 5:3, Leviticus 11:24, Leviticus 11:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2930A; TAHOT Numbers 5:28 word 3

הָֽאִשָּׁ֔הha.'i.Shahthe woman

Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: woman

Used 324 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0802G; TAHOT Numbers 5:28 word 4

וּטְהֹרָ֖הu.te.ho.Rahand [is] pure

Lemma: טָהוֹר (ta.hor) · Strong's: H2889

Parsing: Aafsa (Aafsa)

Meaning: pure

Used 93 times. Also: Genesis 7:2, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 8:20, Exodus 25:11, Exodus 25:17, Exodus 25:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2889; TAHOT Numbers 5:28 word 5

הִ֑ואhi'she

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Singular (HPp3fs)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Numbers 5:28 word 6

וְנִקְּתָ֖הve.ni.ke.Tahand she will be free

Lemma: נָקָה (na.qah) · Strong's: H5352

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVNq3fs)

Meaning: to clear

Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 24:8, Genesis 24:41, Exodus 20:7, Exodus 21:19, Exodus 34:7, Numbers 5:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5352; TAHOT Numbers 5:28 word 7

וְנִזְרְעָ֥הve.niz.re.'Ahand she will be impregnated

Lemma: זָרַע (za.ra) · Strong's: H2232

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVNq3fs)

Meaning: to sow

Used 56 times. Also: Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 26:12, Genesis 47:23, Exodus 23:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2232; TAHOT Numbers 5:28 word 8

זָֽרַע\׃Za.ra'seed

Lemma: זֶ֫רַע (ze.ra) · Strong's: H2233H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: seed: children

Used 177 times. Also: Genesis 3:15, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 7:3, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 13:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2233H; TAHOT Numbers 5:28 word 9

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

But if	→	אִם H0518A if
the woman	→	אִשָּׁה H0802G woman
has not	→	לֹא H3808 not
defiled herself	→	טָמֵא H2930A to defile
and is clean	→	טָהוֹר H2889 pure
she	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
will be unaffected	→	נָקָה H5352 to clear
and able to conceive	→	זָרַע H2232 to sow
children	→	זֶ֫רַע H2233H seed: children

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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