Joshua 21:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,”

Joshua 21:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Joshua 21:1316 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/לִ/בְנֵ֣יwəlibənēy

sonconjH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

אַהֲרֹ֣ןʾahărōn

AaronnounH175

הַ/כֹּהֵ֗ןhakōhēn

chief rulerparticleH3548

own · priest · prince · principal officer

נָֽתְנוּ֙nātənw

addverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

עִיר֙ʿiyr

AinounH5892

city · court · town

מִקְלַ֣טmiqəlaṭ

refugenounH4733

הָ/רֹצֵ֔חַhārōṣēḥa

put to deathparticleH7523

kill · slay · murder

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

חֶבְר֖וֹןḥebərwōn

HebronnounH2275

וְ/אֶתwəʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853

מִגְרָשֶׁ֑/הָmigərāšehā

cast outnounH4054

suburb

וְ/אֶתwəʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853

לִבְנָ֖הlibənāh

LibnahnounH3841

וְ/אֶתwəʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853

מִגְרָשֶֽׁ/הָmigərāšehā

cast outnounH4054

suburb

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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