הַמַּיִם הַמְּאָרְרִים

ביטוי (אנגלית)

The water that causes the curse/ water that induces the spell

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Water that was used as a means of testing the purity of the intentions and actions of someone suspected of immorality by drinking it. In question: the cursed waters. The impure liquid.

("And these bitter waters shall enter into thy bowels to cause pain in thy belly and in thy thigh, and the woman said, Amen, amen" - In the wilderness of Exodus 22, and again: "And he set his eyes on the cup and drank, and did not stop drinking, until the bitter waters came into his bosom and into his bowels" - Agnon/ Elo ve Elo, and Elo, and the crooked became straight, 89)