Deuteronomy 4:42 — King James Version← Study notes
“That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:”
Deuteronomy 4:42 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 4:4222 words
לָנֻסlānusTo flit
שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere
רוֹצֵחַrwōṣēḥaDash
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִרְצַחyirəṣaḥDash
אֶתʾet—
רֵעֵהוּrēʿēhûAssociate
בִּבְלִיbivəlîIn failure
דַעַתdaʿatKnowledge
וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he
לֹאlōʾNot
שֹׂנֵאśōnēʾHate
לוֹlwōTo
מִתְּמוֹלmitəmwōlFrom ago
שִׁלְשׁוֹםšiləšwōmTrebly
וְנָסwənāsAnd flit
אֶלʾelNear
אַחַתʾaḥatUnited
מִןminPart
הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city
הָאֵלhāʾēlThe these
וָחָיwāḥāyAnd live
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