Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 19:3

³You are to build roads for yourselves^a and divide into three regions the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that any manslayer can flee to these cities.

Footnotes

a 19:3 Or You are to survey the way

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You are to build	תָּכִ֣ין	tā·ḵîn	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H3559 be firm
roads	הַדֶּרֶךְ֒	had·de·reḵ	Article; Noun - common singular	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
for yourselves	לְךָ֮	lə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular
and divide into three regions	וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ֙	wə·šil·laš·tā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H8027 do a third time, devide into three parts
the land	אַרְצְךָ֔	’ar·ṣə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H776 earth, land
that	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
the LORD	יְהוָ֣ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
your God	אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ	’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H430 God
is giving you as an inheritance	יַנְחִֽילְךָ֖	yan·ḥî·lə·ḵā	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular	H5157 get or take as a possession
so that any	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
manslayer	רֹצֵֽחַ׃	rō·ṣê·aḥ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7523 murder, slay
can flee	לָנ֥וּס	lā·nūs	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H5127 flee, escape
to these cities	שָׁ֖מָּה	šām·māh	Adverb; third person feminine singular	H8033 there, thither

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.