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Deuteronomy 19:5 — King James Version← Study notes

As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:


Deuteronomy 19:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 19:527 words
וַאֲשֶׁרwaʾăšerAnd who
יָבֹאyāvōʾGo
אֶתʾetNearness
רֵעֵהוּrēʿēhûAssociate
בַיַּעַרvayaʿarIn copse of bushes
לַחְטֹבlaḥəṭōvTo chop
עֵצִיםʿēṣîmTree
וְנִדְּחָהwənidəḥāhAnd off
יָדוֹyādwōHand
בַגַּרְזֶןvagarəzenIn axe
לִכְרֹתliḵərōtTo cut
הָעֵץhāʿēṣThe tree
וְנָשַׁלwənāšalAnd pluck off
הַבַּרְזֶלhabarəzelThe iron
מִןminPart
הָעֵץhāʿēṣThe tree
וּמָצָאûmāṣāʾAnd come
אֶתʾet
רֵעֵהוּrēʿēhûAssociate
וָמֵתwāmētAnd die
הוּאhûʾHe
יָנוּסyānûsFlit
אֶלʾelNear
אַחַתʾaḥatUnited
הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
וָחָיwāḥāyAnd live
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַאֲשֶׁרwaʾăšerAnd who
יָבֹאyāvōʾGo
אֶתʾetNearness
רֵעֵהוּrēʿēhûAssociate
בַיַּעַרvayaʿarIn copse of bushes
לַחְטֹבlaḥəṭōvTo chop
עֵצִיםʿēṣîmTree
וְנִדְּחָהwənidəḥāhAnd off
יָדוֹyādwōHand
בַגַּרְזֶןvagarəzenIn axe
לִכְרֹתliḵərōtTo cut
הָעֵץhāʿēṣThe tree
וְנָשַׁלwənāšalAnd pluck off
הַבַּרְזֶלhabarəzelThe iron
מִןminPart
הָעֵץhāʿēṣThe tree
וּמָצָאûmāṣāʾAnd come
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
רֵעֵהוּrēʿēhûAssociate
וָמֵתwāmētAnd die
הוּאhûʾHe
יָנוּסyānûsFlit
אֶלʾelNear
אַחַתʾaḥatUnited
הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
וָחָיwāḥāyAnd live

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