Numbers 5:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעָבַ֨ר עָלָ֧יו רֽוּחַ־קִנְאָ֛ה וְקִנֵּ֥א אֶת־אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ וְהִ֣וא נִטְמָ֑אָה אוֹ־עָבַ֨ר עָלָ֤יו רֽוּחַ־קִנְאָה֙ וְקִנֵּ֣א אֶת־אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וְהִ֖יא לֹ֥א נִטְמָֽאָה׃

Transliteration

And ʿāḇar upon-him rûaḥ-qinʾāh and qinnēʾ ʾet-ʾištô and-she niṭmāʾāh or-ʿāḇar upon-him rûaḥ-qinʾāh and qinnēʾ ʾet-ʾištô and-she not niṭmāʾāh

Grammar Details

*ʿāḇar*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - passes over
*rûaḥ*: feminine singular construct - spirit of
*qinʾāh*: feminine singular - jealousy
*qinnēʾ*: Piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw conjunctive - and he is jealous of
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ʾištô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his wife
*niṭmāʾāh*: Niphal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - she is defiled

Word Meanings

*ʿāḇar*: passes over/comes upon/overtakes
*rûaḥ*-*qinʾāh*: spirit of jealousy/jealous feeling/suspicion
*qinnēʾ*: is jealous of/suspects/is suspicious of
*ʾištô*: his wife/woman
*niṭmāʾāh*: is defiled/made unclean/impure

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 6:34 : 34 For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Song 8:6 : 6 Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah.
Zeph 3:8 : 8 Therefore wait ye for me, saith Jehovah, until the day that I rise up to the prey; for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger; for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
Num 5:30 : 30 or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon a man, and he is jealous of his wife; then shall he set the woman before Jehovah, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Num 5:24-31
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24and he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causeth the curse; and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her [and become] bitter.
25And the priest shall take the meal-offering of jealousy out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the meal-offering before Jehovah, and bring it unto the altar:
26and the priest shall take a handful of the meal-offering, as the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water.
27And when he hath made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her [and become] bitter, and her body shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
28And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.
29This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled;
30or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon a man, and he is jealous of his wife; then shall he set the woman before Jehovah, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.
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15then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and shall bring her oblation for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is a meal-offering of jealousy, a meal-offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
16And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before Jehovah:
17and the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water.
18And the priest shall set the woman before Jehovah, and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal-offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal-offering of jealousy: and the priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that causeth the curse.
19And the priest shall cause her to swear, and shall say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou have not gone aside to uncleanness, being under thy husband, be thou free from this water of bitterness that causeth the curse.
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