Deuteronomy 19:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;”

Deuteronomy 19:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 19:419 words

וְזֶהwəzehAnd this

דְּבַרdəvarWord

הָרֹצֵחַhārōṣēḥaThe dash

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יָנוּסyānûsFlit

שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere

וָחָיwāḥāyAnd live

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יַכֶּהyakehStrike

אֶתʾet—

רֵעֵהוּrēʿēhûAssociate

בִּבְלִיbivəlîIn failure

דַעַתdaʿatKnowledge

וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he

לֹאlōʾNot

שֹׂנֵאśōnēʾHate

לוֹlwōTo

מִתְּמֹלmitəmōlFrom ago

שִׁלְשֹׁםšiləšōmTrebly

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְזֶהwəzehAnd this

דְּבַרdəvarWord

הָרֹצֵחַhārōṣēḥaThe dash

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יָנוּסyānûsFlit

שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere

וָחָיwāḥāyAnd live

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יַכֶּהyakehStrike

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

רֵעֵהוּrēʿēhûAssociate

בִּבְלִיbivəlîIn failure

דַעַתdaʿatKnowledge

וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he

לֹאlōʾNot

שֹׂנֵאśōnēʾHate

לוֹlwōTo

מִתְּמֹלmitəmōlFrom ago

שִׁלְשֹׁםšiləšōmTrebly

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