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Bitter water is "מֵי הַמָּרִים" mei ha-marim. In Rabbinic Judaism, the woman undergoing this ritual was called a sotah (Hebrew: שוטה [1] / סוטה, "strayer"). The term sotah itself is not found in the Hebrew Bible but is Mishnaic Hebrew based on the verse "if she has strayed" (verb: שטה satah) in Numbers 5:12.
Sotah (Hebrew: סוֹטָה or Hebrew: שׂוֹטָה [1]) is a tractate of the Talmud in Rabbinic Judaism.The tractate explains the ordeal of the bitter water, a trial by ordeal of a woman suspected of adultery, which is prescribed by the Book of Numbers in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh).
The Water of Marah, engraving by Gérard Jollain, 1670. Bonaparte visiting the "Water of Marah" in December 1798 during the Egyptian expedition. Marah (Hebrew: מָרָה meaning 'bitter') is one of the locations which the Exodus identifies as having been travelled through by the Israelites, during the Exodus.
Apsinthos is believed to refer to a plant of the genus Artemisia, used metaphorically to mean something with a bitter taste. [4] The English rendering "wormwood" refers to the dark green oil produced by the plant, which was used to kill intestinal worms. [4] In Revelation, it refers to the water being turned into wormwood, i.e. made bitter. [4]
Thou shalt not commit adultery" ([לֹא תִנְאָף] Error: {{Langx}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 6: ̲) ) is found in the Book of Exodus of the Hebrew Bible. It is considered the sixth commandment by Roman Catholic and Lutheran authorities, but the seventh by Jewish and most Protestant authorities.
Other scholars think an abortifacient a more likely explanation; if the holy water causes miscarriage, it is proof of guilt). [25] The descriptor “bitter” in the original Hebrew is written as “mārîm” which can also be understood as “poison”. However, it is unclear if the water actually contains any actual poison. [26]
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The theme of the divine-human relationship is expressed, or managed, through a series of covenants (meaning treaties, legally binding agreements) stretching from Genesis to Deuteronomy and beyond. The first is the covenant between God and Noah immediately after the Deluge in which God agrees never again to destroy the Earth with water.