The Meaning of Numbers 5:13 Explained

Numbers 5:13

KJV: And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;

YLT: and a man hath lain with her with the seed of copulation, and it hath been hid from the eyes of her husband, and concealed, and she hath been defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she hath not been caught,

Darby: and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and she be defiled in secret, and there be no witness against her, and she have not been caught;

ASV: and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, and she be not taken in the act;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And a man  lie  with her carnally,  and it be hid  from the eyes  of her husband,  and be kept close,  and she be defiled,  and [there be] no witness  against her, neither she be taken  [with the manner]; 

What does Numbers 5:13 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 5

1  The unclean are removed out of camp
5  Restitution is to be made in trespass
11  The trial of jealously

What do the individual words in Numbers 5:13 mean?

And lies a man with her lying sowing and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband and it is concealed that she has defiled herself and witness [there was] no against her and she nor was caught
וְשָׁכַ֨ב אִ֣ישׁ אֹתָהּ֮ שִׁכְבַת־ זֶרַע֒ וְנֶעְלַם֙ מֵעֵינֵ֣י אִישָׁ֔הּ וְנִסְתְּרָ֖ה וְהִ֣יא נִטְמָ֑אָה וְעֵד֙ אֵ֣ין בָּ֔הּ וְהִ֖וא לֹ֥א נִתְפָּֽשָׂה

וְשָׁכַ֨ב  And  lies 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁכַב  
Sense: to lie down.
אִ֣ישׁ  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
אֹתָהּ֮  with  her 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
שִׁכְבַת־  lying 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: שִׁכְבָה  
Sense: act of lying, layer, coating.
זֶרַע֒  sowing 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זֶרַע  
Sense: seed, sowing, offspring.
וְנֶעְלַם֙  and  it  is  hidden 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָלַם  
Sense: to conceal, hide, be hidden, be concealed, be secret.
מֵעֵינֵ֣י  from  the  eyes 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, cdc
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
אִישָׁ֔הּ  of  her  husband 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
וְנִסְתְּרָ֖ה  and  it  is  concealed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: סָתַר  
Sense: to hide, conceal.
וְהִ֣יא  that  she 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
נִטְמָ֑אָה  has  defiled  herself 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: טָמֵא 
Sense: to be unclean, become unclean, become impure.
וְעֵד֙  and  witness 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֵד  
Sense: witness.
אֵ֣ין  [there  was]  no 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
בָּ֔הּ  against  her 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
וְהִ֖וא  and  she 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
לֹ֥א  nor 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
נִתְפָּֽשָׂה  was  caught 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: תָּפַשׂ  
Sense: to catch, handle, lay hold, take hold of, seize, wield.

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