Numbers
Numbers 35:4
4The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubitsa from the wall on every side.
Footnotes
- a 35:4 1,000 cubits is approximately 1,500 feet or 457.2 meters.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| 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 |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.