The Meaning of Numbers 5:31 Explained

Numbers 5:31

KJV: Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.

YLT: and the man hath been acquitted from iniquity, and that woman doth bear her iniquity.'

Darby: Then shall the man be free from iniquity, but that woman shall bear her iniquity.

ASV: And the man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then shall the man  be guiltless  from iniquity,  and this  woman  shall bear  her iniquity. 

What does Numbers 5:31 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 5:31 mean?

And shall be free the man from iniquity but woman that shall bear - her guilt -
וְנִקָּ֥ה הָאִ֖ישׁ מֵעָוֺ֑ן וְהָאִשָּׁ֣ה הַהִ֔וא תִּשָּׂ֖א אֶת־ עֲוֺנָֽהּ פ

וְנִקָּ֥ה  And  shall  be  free 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָקָה  
Sense: to be empty, be clear, be pure, be free, be innocent, be desolate, be cut off.
הָאִ֖ישׁ  the  man 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
מֵעָוֺ֑ן  from  iniquity 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, common singular
Root: עָוֹן  
Sense: perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity.
וְהָאִשָּׁ֣ה  but  woman 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
הַהִ֔וא  that 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
תִּשָּׂ֖א  shall  bear 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
עֲוֺנָֽהּ  her  guilt 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: עָוֹן  
Sense: perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation