Numbers 5:21
Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data
"Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֹּהֵן
kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
מִשְׁמֶרֶת
mishmereth
watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (ab...
שְׁבוּעָה
shᵉbûwʻâh
properly, something sworn, i.e. an oath
כֹּהֵן
kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
שְׁבוּעָה
shᵉbûwʻâh
properly, something sworn, i.e. an oath
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
יָרֵךְ
yârêk
the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
בֵּית עַשְׁתָּרוֹת
Bêyth ʻAshtârôwth
Beth-Ashtaroth, a place in Palestine
בֶּטֶן
beṭen
the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
בָּעָה
bâʻâh
to gush over, i.e. to swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask
Key Terms in This Verse
בָּעָה bâʻâh
to gush over, i.e. to swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask
Study H1158 →יָרֵךְ yârêk
the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
Study H3409 →בֶּטֶן beṭen
the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
Study H990 →מִשְׁמֶרֶת mishmereth
watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (abstractly) duty or (objectively) a usage or party
Study H4931 →Cross References
And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his younges...
And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the peo...
They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of...
And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.
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