The Meaning of Numbers 5:20 Explained

Numbers 5:20

KJV: But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:

YLT: and thou, if thou hast turned aside under thy husband, and if thou hast been defiled, and any man doth give his copulation to thee besides thy husband --

Darby: But if thou hast gone astray to another instead of thy husband, and hast been defiled, and a man other than thy husband have lain with thee,

ASV: But if thou have gone aside, being under thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thy husband:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But if thou hast gone aside  [to another] instead of thy husband,  and if thou be defiled,  and some man  have  lain  with thee beside  thine husband: 

What does Numbers 5:20 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 5:20 mean?

But you if have gone astray [while] under your husband's [authority] and if you have defiled yourself and has lain with you some man in - intercourse other than your husband
וְאַ֗תְּ כִּ֥י שָׂטִ֛ית תַּ֥חַת אִישֵׁ֖ךְ וְכִ֣י נִטְמֵ֑את וַיִּתֵּ֨ן אִ֥ישׁ בָּךְ֙ אֶת־ שְׁכָבְתּ֔וֹ מִֽבַּלְעֲדֵ֖י --אִישֵֽׁךְ

וְאַ֗תְּ  But  you 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, second person feminine singular
Root: אַתְּ 
Sense: you (second pers.
שָׂטִ֛ית  have  gone  astray 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person feminine singular
Root: שָׂטָה  
Sense: to turn aside, go aside, turn, decline.
תַּ֥חַת  [while]  under 
Parse: Preposition
Root: מִתְחָה 
Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.
אִישֵׁ֖ךְ  your  husband's  [authority] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person feminine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
וְכִ֣י  and  if 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
נִטְמֵ֑את  you  have  defiled  yourself 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, second person feminine singular
Root: טָמֵא 
Sense: to be unclean, become unclean, become impure.
וַיִּתֵּ֨ן  and  has  lain  with  you 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
אִ֥ישׁ  some  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
שְׁכָבְתּ֔וֹ  intercourse 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: שְׁכֹבֶת  
Sense: copulation.
מִֽבַּלְעֲדֵ֖י  other  than 
Parse: Preposition-m
Root: בַּלְעֲדֵי  
Sense: apart from, except, without, besides.
--אִישֵֽׁךְ  your  husband 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person feminine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.

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