Numbers

Numbers 35:3–5

³The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock.

⁴The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits^a from the wall on every side. ⁵You are also to measure two thousand cubits^b outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.

Footnotes

a 35:4 1,000 cubits is approximately 1,500 feet or 457.2 meters.
b 35:5 2,000 cubits is approximately 3,000 feet or 914.4 meters.

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Numbers 35:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The cities	הֶֽעָרִ֛ים	he·‘ā·rîm	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H5892 excitement
will be	וְהָי֧וּ	wə·hā·yū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
for them	לָהֶ֖ם	lā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural
to live in	לָשָׁ֑בֶת	lā·šā·ḇeṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
and the pasturelands	וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶ֗ם	ū·miḡ·rə·šê·hem	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H4054 common, common-land, open land
will be	יִהְי֤וּ	yih·yū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
for their herds	לִבְהֶמְתָּם֙	liḇ·hem·tām	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H929 beast, animal, cattle
their flocks	וְלִרְכֻשָׁ֔ם	wə·lir·ḵu·šām	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H7399 property, goods
and all	וּלְכֹ֖ל	ū·lə·ḵōl	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
their other livestock	חַיָּתָֽם׃	ḥay·yā·ṯām	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H2416 alive, living

Numbers 35:4

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The pasturelands	וּמִגְרְשֵׁי֙	ū·miḡ·rə·šê	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct	H4054 common, common-land, open land
around the cities	הֶֽעָרִ֔ים	he·‘ā·rîm	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H5892 excitement
you are to give	תִּתְּנ֖וּ	tit·tə·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H5414 give, put, set
the Levites	לַלְוִיִּ֑ם	lal·wî·yim	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine plural	H3881 Levite
a thousand	אֶ֥לֶף	’e·lep̄	Number - masculine singular construct	H505 thousand
cubits	אַמָּ֖ה	’am·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H520 ell, cubit
from the wall	מִקִּ֤יר	miq·qîr	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7023 wall
on every side	סָבִֽיב׃	sā·ḇîḇ	Adverb	H5439 circuit, round about

Numbers 35:5

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You are also to measure	וּמַדֹּתֶ֞ם	ū·mad·dō·ṯem	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural	H4058 measure
two thousand	אַלְפַּ֪יִם	’al·pa·yim	Number - md	H505 thousand
cubits	בָּֽאַמָּ֟ה	bā·’am·māh	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H520 ell, cubit
outside	מִח֣וּץ	mi·ḥūṣ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H2351 the outside
the city	לָעִ֗יר	lā·‘îr	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
on the east	קֵ֣דְמָה	qê·ḏə·māh	Adverb; third person feminine singular	H6924 front, east, aforetime
two thousand	אַלְפַּ֨יִם	’al·pa·yim	Number - md	H505 thousand
on the south	נֶגֶב֩	ne·ḡeḇ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H5045 south-country, Negeb, south
two thousand	אַלְפַּ֣יִם	’al·pa·yim	Number - md	H505 thousand
on the west	יָ֣ם׀	yām	Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea
two thousand	אַלְפַּ֥יִם	’al·pa·yim	Number - md	H505 thousand
on the north	צָפ֛וֹן	ṣā·p̄ō·wn	Noun - feminine singular	H6828 north
with the city	וְהָעִ֣יר	wə·hā·‘îr	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
in the center	בַּתָּ֑וֶךְ	bat·tā·weḵ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H8432 midst
These areas	זֶ֚ה	zeh	Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
will serve	יִהְיֶ֣ה	yih·yeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
as larger pasturelands	מִגְרְשֵׁ֖י	miḡ·rə·šê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H4054 common, common-land, open land
for the cities	הֶעָרִֽים׃	he·‘ā·rîm	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H5892 excitement

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.