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Ramban on Numbers 5:19/רמב"ן על במדבר ה׳:י״ט
אוְטַעַם אִם לֹא שָׁכַב אִישׁ אֹתָךְ וְאִם לֹא שָׂטִית טֻמְאָה – שְׁנֵי הַתְּנָאִים הָאֵלֶּה אֶחָד הֵם. יֹאמַר: אִם לֹא שָׁכַב אִישׁ אוֹתָךְ, שֶׁלֹּא שָׂטִית טֻמְאָה תַּחַת אִישֵׁךְ - הִנָּקִי, כִּי בַעְלָהּ שָׁכַב אוֹתָהּ וְאִישׁ הוּא. וְיִתָּכֵן שֶׁיִּהְיֶה ״אִישׁ״ חֲסַר הַיְדִיעָה, יֹאמַר: אִם לֹא שָׁכַב הָאִישׁ אוֹתָךְ וְאִם לֹא שָׂטִית טֻמְאָה תַּחַת אִישֵׁךְ כְּלָל, כִּי יַשְׁבִּיעֶנָּה עַל הָאִישׁ הַהוּא אֲשֶׁר קִנֵּא עָלָיו בְּפֵרוּשׁ וְעַל הָאֲחֵרִים בִּכְלָל. וְכֵן אָמְרוּ (סוטה יח): אָמֵן מֵאִישׁ זֶה וְאָמֵן מֵאִישׁ אַחֵר.
1IF NO ‘ISH’ (MAN) HAVE LAIN WITH THEE, AND IF THOU HAST NOT GONE ASIDE TO UNCLEANNESS. These two conditions constitute [in reality] one. Thus the verse is stating: “If no man have lain with thee, and thus thou has not gone aside to uncleanness, be thou free from the water of bitterness; ” [for you cannot say that these are two separate conditions], since her husband lay with her and he is “a man” [thus the priest could not say to her, if no man have lain with thee; therefore both conditions must be one, as explained]. It is possible that the word ish (man) lacks the definite article [making it ha’ish — “the man”], and Scripture is stating: “If ‘the man’ has not lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness at all,” and he makes her swear specifically concerning the particular man about whom he [her husband] had warned her, and in general terms about others. And so have the Rabbis said:94 “And the woman shall say: ‘Amen, Amen. ’95 [The double utterance of the word ‘Amen’ signifies:] ‘Amen [that I have not committed adultery] with this man, and Amen [that I have not committed adultery] with any other man.’”