Numbers

Numbers 35:11

¹¹designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
designate	וְהִקְרִיתֶ֤ם	wə·hiq·rî·ṯem	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural	H7136 encounter, meet, befall
cities	עָרִ֔ים	‘ā·rîm	Noun - feminine plural	H5892 excitement
to serve as	תִּהְיֶ֣ינָה	tih·ye·nāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
your	לָכֶ֑ם	lā·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural
cities	עָרֵ֥י	‘ā·rê	Noun - feminine plural construct	H5892 excitement
of refuge	מִקְלָ֖ט	miq·lāṭ	Noun - masculine singular	H4733 refuge, asylum
so that a person	רֹצֵ֔חַ	rō·ṣê·aḥ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7523 murder, slay
who kills	מַכֵּה־	mak·kêh-	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct	H5221 smite
someone	נֶ֖פֶשׁ	ne·p̄eš	Noun - feminine singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
unintentionally	בִּשְׁגָגָֽה׃	biš·ḡā·ḡāh	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular	H7684 sin of error, inadvertence
may flee	וְנָ֥ס	wə·nās	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H5127 flee, escape
there	שָׁ֙מָּה֙	šām·māh	Adverb; third person feminine singular	H8033 there, thither

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.