OET interlinear NUM 5:19

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

לֹ֨א שָׁכַ֥ב אִישׁ֙ אֹתָ֔⁠ךְ

not lain_with (a)_man with,you

The priest is referring to sexual relations in a polite way by using the phrase lie with you. Depending on what is helpful in your language, you could use a polite way of referring to this in your language, or you could state this plainly. Alternate translation: [a man did not have sexual relations with you] or [a man did not have intimate relations with you]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אִישׁ֙

(a)_man

By a man, Yahweh means a man who is not the woman’s husband. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [a man who is not your husband]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לֹ֥א שָׂטִ֛ית טֻמְאָ֖ה

not gone_astray uncleanness

Here, Yahweh is speaking of sexual unfaithfulness as if it were turning aside to uncleanness. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [you did not do what is unclean and wrong]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

טֻמְאָ֖ה

uncleanness

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of uncleanness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [to do what is unclean]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

תַּ֣חַת אִישֵׁ֑⁠ךְ

below/instead_of your(fs)=man/husband

Here, Yahweh could be using the phrase under your husband to indicate that: (1) the woman was married to her husband at the time. Alternate translation: [while married to your husband] (2) the uncleanness would have been committed with someone besides her husband. Alternate translation: [instead of your husband]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הִנָּקִ֕י מִ⁠מֵּ֛י & הָ⁠אֵֽלֶּה

immune from,the_waters_of & the=these

Here, Yahweh is speaking as if this water were a captor from whom the woman could be free. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [be unaffected by this water]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

הִנָּקִ֕י

immune

The priest is using the imperative form be free to state a promise rather than to give a command. He is telling the woman that if she has not committed adultery, she will not suffer any harm from drinking the water that brings a curse. If your language does not use an imperative form to express a promise, you could use a statement about the future. Alternate translation: [you will be free]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

מִ⁠מֵּ֛י הַ⁠מָּרִ֥ים הַֽ⁠מְאָרֲרִ֖ים הָ⁠אֵֽלֶּה

from,the_waters_of of_(the),bitter_[things] [which]_bring,a_curse the=these

See how you translated this phrase in [5:18](../05/18.md).