Num 5:22 | NET2full | STEP | and this water that causes the curse will go into your stomach and make your abdomen swell and your thigh rot .” Then the woman must say , “ Amen , amen .”

Numbers 5:22

22 and this water that causes the curse will go ^{▼▼tn The verb is the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive. It could be taken as a jussive following the words of the priest in the previous section, but it is more likely to be a simple future.} into your stomach and make your abdomen swell and your thigh rot.” ^{▼▼tn Heb “fall away.”} Then the woman must say, “Amen, amen.” ^{▼▼tn The word “amen” carries the idea of “so be it,” or “truly.” The woman who submits to this test is willing to have the test demonstrate the examination of God.}