Numbers 5:27
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.”
עַם
People, nation, folk. Am. You are My people and I am your God. This mutual belonging is the heart of the covenant.
יָרֵךְ
thigh/ her
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יָרֵךְ
the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
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טָמֵא
she has made herself unclean
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טָמֵא
she has made herself unclean
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
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מַעַל
unfaithfulness
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מַעַל
treachery, i.e. sin
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