Numbers 5:28
Strong's Lexicon
But if
וְאִם־ (wə·’im-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather

the woman
הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה (hā·’iš·šāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: 1) woman, wife, female 1a) woman (opposite of man) 1b) wife (woman married to a man) 1c) female (of animals) 1d) each, every (pronoun)

has not
לֹ֤א ()
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

defiled herself
נִטְמְאָה֙ (niṭ·mə·’āh)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2930: 1) to be unclean, become unclean, become impure 1a) (Qal) to be or become unclean 1a1) sexually 1a2) religiously 1a3) ceremonially 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to defile oneself, be defiled 1b1a) sexually 1b1b) by idolatry 1b1c) ceremonially 1b2) to be regarded as unclean 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to defile 1c1a) sexually 1c1b) religiously 1c1c) ceremonially 1c2) to pronounce unclean, declare unclean (ceremonially) 1c3) to profane (God's name) 1d) (Pual) to be defiled 1e) (Hithpael) to be unclean 1f) (Hothpael) to be defiled

and is clean,
וּטְהֹרָ֖ה (ū·ṭə·hō·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2889: 1) pure, clean 1a) clean (ceremonially-of animals) 1b) pure (physically) 1c) pure, clean (morally, ethically)

she
הִ֑וא ()
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: pron 3p s 1) he, she, it 1a) himself (with emphasis) 1b) resuming subj with emphasis 1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate) 1d) (anticipating subj) 1e) (emphasising predicate) 1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron 2) that (with article)

will be unaffected
וְנִקְּתָ֖ה (wə·niq·qə·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5352: 1) to be empty, be clear, be pure, be free, be innocent, be desolate, be cut off 1a) (Qal) to be empty, be clean, be pure 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be cleaned out, be purged out 1b2) to be clean, be free from guilt, be innocent 1b3) to be free, be exempt from punishment 1b4) to be free, be exempt from obligation 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to hold innocent, acquit 1c2) to leave unpunished

and able to conceive
וְנִזְרְעָ֥ה (wə·niz·rə·‘āh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2232: 1) to sow, scatter seed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sow 1a2) producing, yielding seed 1b)(Niphal) 1b1) to be sown 1b2) to become pregnant, be made pregnant 1c) (Pual) to be sown 1d) (Hiphil) to produce seed, yield seed

children.
זָֽרַע׃ (zā·ra‘)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2233: 1) seed, sowing, offspring 1a) a sowing 1b) seed 1c) semen virile 1d) offspring, descendants, posterity, children 1e) of moral quality 1e1) a practitioner of righteousness (fig.) 1f) sowing time (by meton)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be unaffected and able to conceive children.

Young's Literal Translation
‘And if the woman hath not been defiled, and is clean, then she hath been acquitted, and hath been sown [with] seed.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But if the woman has not defiled herself and is pure, she will be unaffected and will be able to conceive children.

New American Standard Bible
But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will then be free and conceive children.

King James Bible
And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
If, however, the woman has not made herself impure, but is clean, she will be cleared of guilt and will be able to have children.

New Living Translation
But if she has not defiled herself and is pure, then she will be unharmed and will still be able to have children.

English Standard Version
But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, then she shall be free and shall conceive children.

New American Standard Bible
'But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will then be free and conceive children.

King James Bible
And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But if the woman has not defiled herself and is pure, she will be unaffected and will be able to conceive children."

International Standard Version
But if the woman isn't defiled, then she is to be freed and will be able to bear children.

NET Bible
But if the woman has not defiled herself, and is clean, then she will be free of ill effects and will be able to bear children.

American Standard Version
And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.

English Revised Version
And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.

Young's Literal Translation
And if the woman hath not been defiled, and is clean, then she hath been acquitted, and hath been sown with seed.
















Cross References
Numbers 5:27
And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

Numbers 5:29
This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;

Deuteronomy 24:1
When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

Numbers 1:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Numbers 5:26
And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.

Numbers 5:25
Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar:

Numbers 5:30
Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.

Numbers 5:31
Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.
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