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Deuteronomy 19:11 — King James Version← Study notes

But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:


Deuteronomy 19:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 19:1117 words
וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
אִישׁʾîšMan
שֹׂנֵאśōnēʾHate
לְרֵעֵהוּlərēʿēhûTo associate
וְאָרַבwəʾāravAnd lurk
לוֹlwōTo
וְקָםwəqāmAnd rise
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
וְהִכָּהוּwəhikāhûAnd strike
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
וָמֵתwāmētAnd die
וְנָסwənāsAnd flit
אֶלʾelNear
אַחַתʾaḥatUnited
הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city
הָאֵלhāʾēlThe these
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
אִישׁʾîšMan
שֹׂנֵאśōnēʾHate
לְרֵעֵהוּlərēʿēhûTo associate
וְאָרַבwəʾāravAnd lurk
לוֹlwōTo
וְקָםwəqāmAnd rise
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
וְהִכָּהוּwəhikāhûAnd strike
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
וָמֵתwāmētAnd die
וְנָסwənāsAnd flit
אֶלʾelNear
אַחַתʾaḥatUnited
הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city
הָאֵלhāʾēlThe these

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