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This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled; (KJV)
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זֹ֥אתzotthis
Lemma: זֹאת (zot) · Strong's: H2063
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 603 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:17, Genesis 12:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2063; TAHOT Numbers 5:29 word 1
תּוֹרַ֖תto.Rat[is] [the] law of
Lemma: תּוֹרָה (to.rah) · Strong's: H8451
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: instruction
Used 216 times. Also: Genesis 26:5, Exodus 12:49, Exodus 13:9, Exodus 16:4, Exodus 16:28, Exodus 18:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8451; TAHOT Numbers 5:29 word 2
הַקְּנָאֹ֑תha.ke.na.'Ot<the> jealousi<es>
Lemma: קִנְאָה (qin.ah) · Strong's: H7068
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: jealousy
Used 43 times. Also: Numbers 5:14, Numbers 5:15, Numbers 5:18, Numbers 5:25, Numbers 5:30, Numbers 25:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7068; TAHOT Numbers 5:29 word 3
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sherthat
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Numbers 5:29 word 4
תִּשְׂטֶ֥הtis.Tehshe will turn aside
Lemma: שָׂטָה (sa.tah) · Strong's: H7847
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
Meaning: to turn aside
Used 6 times. Also: Numbers 5:12, Numbers 5:19, Numbers 5:20, Proverbs 4:15, Proverbs 7:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7847; TAHOT Numbers 5:29 word 5
אִשָּׁ֛ה'i.Shaha wife
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: woman: wife
Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Numbers 5:29 word 6
תַּ֥חַתTa.chatunder
Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: underneath: under
Used 238 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 18:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8478G; TAHOT Numbers 5:29 word 7
אִישָׁ֖הּ'i.Shahhusband her
Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: man: husband
Used 69 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:16, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 29:32, Genesis 29:34, Genesis 30:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0376H; TAHOT Numbers 5:29 word 8
וְנִטְמָֽאָה\׃ve.nit.Ma.'ahand she will make herself unclean
Lemma: טָמֵא (ta.me) · Strong's: H2930A
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVNq3fs)
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 5:29 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| This | → | זֹאת H2063 this |
| is the law | → | תּוֹרָה H8451 instruction |
| of jealousy | → | קִנְאָה H7068 jealousy |
| when | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| a wife | → | אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife |
| goes astray | → | שָׂטָה H7847 to turn aside |
| and defiles herself | → | טָמֵא H2930A to defile |
| while under | → | תַּחַת H8478G underneath: under |
| her husband’s authority | → | אִישׁ H0376H man: husband |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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