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Joshua 20:9 — King James Version← Study notes

These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.


Joshua 20:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Joshua 20:925 words
HebrewMeaning
אֵ֣לֶּהʾēleh
an- other; one sortprepH428
so · some · such · them ···
הָיוּ֩hāyw
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
עָרֵ֨יʿārēy
AinounH5892
city · court · town
הַ/מּֽוּעָדָ֜הhamwʿādāh
appointedparticleH4152
לְ/כֹ֣לləkōl
all (mannerpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
בְּנֵ֣יbənēy
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
וְ/לַ/גֵּר֙wəlagēr
alienconjH1616
sojourner · stranger
הַ/גָּ֣רhagār
abideparticleH1481
assemble · be afraid · dwell · fear ···
בְּ/תוֹכָ֔/םbətwōkām
amongpronH8432
between · half · (there- · where-) ···
לָ/נ֣וּסlānws
awaypronH5127
abate · be displayed · flee (away · -ing) ···
שָׁ֔מָּ/הšāmāh
in itadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
כָּלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
מַכֵּהmakēh
beatverbH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
נֶ֖פֶשׁnepeš
anynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
בִּ/שְׁגָגָ֑הbišəgāgāh
errorpronH7684
ignorance · at unawares; unwittingly
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָמ֗וּתyāmwt
dead (bodyverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
בְּ/יַד֙bəyad
handpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
גֹּאֵ֣לgōʾēl
avengerverbH1350
in any wise · at all · deliver · (do ···
הַ/דָּ֔םhadām
blood(-yparticleH1818
-guiltiness · innocent
עַדʿad
againstpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
עָמְד֖/וֹʿāmədwō
abideverbH5975
appoint · arise · cease · confirm ···
לִ/פְנֵ֥יlipənēy
a- forepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
הָ/עֵדָֽהhāʿēdāh
assemblyparticleH5712
company · congregation · multitude · people ···
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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