Numbers
Numbers 35:15
15These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| These | הָאֵ֖לֶּה | hā·’êl·leh | Article; Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
| six | שֵׁשׁ־ | šêš- | Number - feminine singular construct | H8337 six |
| cities | הֶעָרִ֥ים | he·‘ā·rîm | Article; Noun - feminine plural | H5892 excitement |
| will serve | תִּהְיֶ֛ינָה | tih·ye·nāh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| as a refuge | לְמִקְלָ֑ט | lə·miq·lāṭ | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular | H4733 refuge, asylum |
| for the Israelites | לִבְנֵ֣י | liḇ·nê | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| and for the foreigner | וְלַגֵּ֤ר | wə·lag·gêr | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1616 sojourner |
| or stranger | וְלַתּוֹשָׁב֙ | wə·lat·tō·wō·šāḇ | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H8453 sojourner |
| among them | בְּתוֹכָ֔ם | bə·ṯō·w·ḵām | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H8432 midst |
| so that anyone | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| who kills | מַכֵּה־ | mak·kêh- | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct | H5221 smite |
| a person | 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 | לָנ֣וּס | lā·nūs | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H5127 flee, escape |
| there | שָׁ֔מָּה | šām·māh | Adverb; third person feminine singular | H8033 there, thither |
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