Hebrew Interlinear

Numbers 5:23 Interlinear

“shall write these curses And the priest in a book and he shall blot water them out with the bitter”

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Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְ֠כָתַב	H3789	shall write	to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
2	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
3	הָֽאָלֹ֥ת	H423	these curses	an imprecation
4	הָאֵ֛לֶּה	H428		these or those
5	הַכֹּהֵ֖ן	H3548	And the priest	literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
6	בַּסֵּ֑פֶר	H5612	in a book	properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
7	וּמָחָ֖ה	H4229	and he shall blot	properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e., grease or make fat
8	אֶל	H413		near, with or among; often in general, to
9	מֵ֥י	H4325	water	water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
10	הַמָּרִֽים׃	H4751	them out with the bitter	bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly

Numbers 5:23 (current)shall write these curses And the priest in a book and he shall blot water them out with the bitter