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Joshua 20:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.”

Joshua 20:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Joshua 20:522 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/כִ֨יwəkiy
and ifconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יִרְדֹּ֜ףyirədōp
he will pursueverbH7291
put to flight · follow (after · on) · hunt ···
גֹּאֵ֤לgōʾēl
the avenger ofverbH1350
in any wise · at all · deliver · (do ···
הַ/דָּם֙hadām
bloodparticleH1818
-guiltiness · innocent
אַֽחֲרָ֔י/וʾaḥărāyw
after himpronH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יַסְגִּ֥רוּyasəgirw
they will deliver upverbH5462
deliver · give over · inclose · pure ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ/רֹצֵ֖חַhārōṣēḥa
the killerparticleH7523
kill · slay · murder
בְּ/יָד֑/וֹbəyādwō
in hand hispronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
כִּ֤יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
בִ/בְלִיbibəliy
with notpronH1097
ig · for lack of · where no...is · so that no ···
דַ֨עַת֙daʿat
knowledgenounH1847
norantly · know · awares
הִכָּ֣הhikāh
he struckverbH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
רֵעֵ֔/הוּrēʿēhw
neighbor hisnounH7453
companion · fellow · friend · husband ···
וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
שֹׂנֵ֥אśōnēʾ
was hatingverbH8130
foe · hate(-ful · -r) · odious ···
ה֛וּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
ל֖/וֹlwō
pron
מִ/תְּמ֥וֹלmitəmwōl
from yesterdaypronH8543
before · these days · heretofore · time past
שִׁלְשֽׁוֹםšiləšwōm
the third daynounH8032
before (that time · excellent things · heretofore · three days ···
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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