The Meaning of Numbers 5:12 Explained

Numbers 5:12

KJV: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

YLT: 'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When any man's wife turneth aside, and hath committed against him a trespass,

Darby: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go astray, and commit unfaithfulness against him,

ASV: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Speak  unto the children  of Israel,  and say  unto them, If any  man's  wife  go aside,  and commit  a trespass  against him, 

What does Numbers 5:12 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 5:12 mean?

speak to the sons of Israel and say to them any man if goes astray wife and commits against him a trespass
דַּבֵּר֙ אֶל־ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ אֲלֵהֶ֑ם אִ֥ישׁ אִישׁ֙ כִּֽי־ תִשְׂטֶ֣ה אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וּמָעֲלָ֥ה ב֖וֹ מָֽעַל

דַּבֵּר֙  speak 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
בְּנֵ֣י  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
וְאָמַרְתָּ֖  and  say 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֲלֵהֶ֑ם  to  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
אִ֥ישׁ  any 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
אִישׁ֙  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
תִשְׂטֶ֣ה  goes  astray 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: שָׂטָה  
Sense: to turn aside, go aside, turn, decline.
אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ  wife 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
וּמָעֲלָ֥ה  and  commits 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: מָעַל  
Sense: to act unfaithfully, act treacherously, transgress, commit a trespass.
ב֖וֹ  against  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
מָֽעַל  a  trespass 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַעַל  
Sense: unfaithful or treacherous act, trespass.

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