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Deuteronomy 19:12 — King James Version← Study notes

Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.


Deuteronomy 19:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 19:1212 words
וְשָׁלְחוּwəšāləḥûAnd send
זִקְנֵיziqənêOld
עִירוֹʿîrwōCity
וְלָקְחוּwəlāqəḥûAnd take
אֹתוֹʾōtwō
מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there
וְנָתְנוּwənātənûAnd give
אֹתוֹʾōtwō
בְּיַדbəyadIn hand
גֹּאֵלgōʾēlRedeem
הַדָּםhadāmThe blood
וָמֵתwāmētAnd die
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְשָׁלְחוּwəšāləḥûAnd send
זִקְנֵיziqənêOld
עִירוֹʿîrwōCity
וְלָקְחוּwəlāqəḥûAnd take
אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)
מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there
וְנָתְנוּwənātənûAnd give
אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)
בְּיַדbəyadIn hand
גֹּאֵלgōʾēlRedeem
הַדָּםhadāmThe blood
וָמֵתwāmētAnd die

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