Joshua 20:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.”

Joshua 20:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Joshua 20:313 words

HebrewMeaning

לָ/נ֥וּסlānws

awaypronH5127

abate · be displayed · flee (away · -ing) ···

שָׁ֨מָּ/ה֙šāmāh

in itadvH8033

thence · there (-in · of · out) ···

רוֹצֵ֔חַrwōṣēḥa

put to deathverbH7523

kill · slay · murder

מַכֵּהmakēh

beatverbH5221

cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···

נֶ֥פֶשׁnepeš

anynounH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

בִּ/שְׁגָגָ֖הbišəgāgāh

errorpronH7684

ignorance · at unawares; unwittingly

בִּ/בְלִיbibəliy

corruptionpronH1097

ig · for lack of · where no...is · so that no ···

דָ֑עַתdāʿat

cunningnounH1847

norantly · know · awares

וְ/הָי֤וּwəhāyw

beaconconjH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

לָ/כֶם֙lākem

pron

לְ/מִקְלָ֔טləmiqəlāṭ

refugepronH4733

מִ/גֹּאֵ֖לmigōʾēl

avengerpronH1350

in any wise · at all · deliver · (do ···

הַ/דָּֽםhadām

blood(-yparticleH1818

-guiltiness · innocent

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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