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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 20:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Joshua 20:313 words
HebrewMeaning
לָ/נ֥וּסlānws
to fleepronH5127
abate · be displayed · flee (away · -ing) ···
שָׁ֨מָּ/ה֙šāmāh
there towardsadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
רוֹצֵ֔חַrwōṣēḥa
a killerverbH7523
kill · slay · murder
מַכֵּהmakēh
who strikes downverbH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
נֶ֥פֶשׁnepeš
a personnounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
בִּ/שְׁגָגָ֖הbišəgāgāh
by inadvertencepronH7684
ignorance · at unawares; unwittingly
בִּ/בְלִיbibəliy
with notpronH1097
ig · for lack of · where no...is · so that no ···
דָ֑עַתdāʿat
knowledgenounH1847
norantly · know · awares
וְ/הָי֤וּwəhāyw
and they will becomeconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לָ/כֶם֙lākem
pron
לְ/מִקְלָ֔טləmiqəlāṭ
a refugepronH4733
מִ/גֹּאֵ֖לmigōʾēl
from the avenger ofpronH1350
in any wise · at all · deliver · (do ···
הַ/דָּֽםhadām
bloodparticleH1818
-guiltiness · innocent
Words 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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