Numbers 5:17
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֹּהֵן
kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
קֹדֶשׁ
qôdesh
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
כְּלִי
kᵉlîy
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
עָפָר
ʻâphâr
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
גֹּרֶן
gôren
a threshing-floor (as made even); by analogy, any open area
אֹהֶל
ʼôhel
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
כֹּהֵן
kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
Key Terms in This Verse
כְּלִי kᵉlîy
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
Study H3627 →כֹּהֵן kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
Study H3548 →כֹּהֵן kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
Study H3548 →Cross References
Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
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