Numbers 5:13

by sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act),
Numbers 5:13
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Original language (Hebrew)

וְשָׁכַ֨ב אִ֣ישׁ אֹתָהּ֮ שִׁכְבַת־זֶרַע֒ וְנֶעְלַם֙ מֵעֵינֵ֣י אִישָׁ֔הּ וְנִסְתְּרָ֖ה וְהִ֣יא נִטְמָ֑אָה וְעֵד֙ אֵ֣ין בָּ֔הּ וְהִ֖וא לֹ֥א נִתְפָּֽשָׂה׃

  1. וְשָׁכַ֨בve.sha.Khav“and he will lie with”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from שָׁכַב · “have sex” · Strong's H7901I
  2. אִ֣ישׁ'ish“a man”
    Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from אִישׁ · “man” · Strong's H0376G
  3. אֹתָהּ֮'o.Tah“with <the> her”
    Preposition with article + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from אֵת · “with” · Strong's H0854
  4. שִׁכְבַת־shikh.vat-“a laying of”
    Noun, feminine, singular, construct · from שְׁכָבָה · “act|product of lying” · Strong's H7902
  5. זֶרַע֒ze.Ra'“seed”
    Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from זֶ֫רַע · “semen” · Strong's H2233I
  6. וְנֶעְלַם֙ve.ne'.Lam“and it will be hidden”
    Conjunction + Verb, niphal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from עָלַם · “to conceal” · Strong's H5956
  7. מֵעֵינֵ֣יme.'ei.Nei“from [the] eyes of”
    Preposition + Noun, feminine, dual, construct · from עַ֫יִן · “eye” · Strong's H5869A
  8. אִישָׁ֔הּ'i.Shah“husband her”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from אִישׁ · “husband” · Strong's H0376H
  9. וְנִסְתְּרָ֖הve.nis.te.Rah“and she will be undiscovered”
    Conjunction + Verb, niphal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from סָתַר · “to hide” · Strong's H5641
  10. וְהִ֣יאve.Hi'“and she”
    Conjunction + Pronoun, personal, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from הוּא · “he; she; it” · Strong's H1931
  11. נִטְמָ֑אָהnit.Ma.'ah“she has made herself unclean”
    Verb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from טָמֵא · “to defile” · Strong's H2930A
  12. וְעֵד֙ve.'Ed“and [was] a witness”
    Conjunction + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from עֵד · “witness” · Strong's H5707
  13. אֵ֣ין'ein“there not”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from אַ֫יִן · “nothing” · Strong's H0369
  14. בָּ֔הּBah“against <the> her”
    Preposition with article + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from Os3f · “her” · Strong's H9034
  15. וְהִ֖ואve.Hiv'“and she”
    Conjunction + Pronoun, personal, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from הוּא · “he; she; it” · Strong's H1931
  16. לֹ֥אlo'“not”
    Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
  17. נִתְפָּֽשָׂה׃nit.Pa.sah“she was caught”
    Verb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from תָּפַשׂ · “to capture” · Strong's H8610
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)