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Numbers 35:11 — King James Version← Study notes

Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.


Numbers 35:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 35:1113 words
וְהִקְרִיתֶםwəhiqərîtemAnd light upon
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
עָרִיםʿārîmCity
עָרֵיʿārêCity
מִקְלָטmiqəlāṭAsylum
תִּהְיֶינָהtihəyeynāhExist
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
וְנָסwənāsAnd flit
שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere
רֹצֵחַrōṣēḥaDash
מַכֵּהmakēhStrike
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
בִּשְׁגָגָהbišəgāgāhIn mistake
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהִקְרִיתֶםwəhiqərîtemAnd light upon
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
עָרִיםʿārîmCity
עָרֵיʿārêCity
מִקְלָטmiqəlāṭAsylum
תִּהְיֶינָהtihəyeynāhExist
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
וְנָסwənāsAnd flit
שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere
רֹצֵחַrōṣēḥaDash
מַכֵּהmakēhStrike
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
בִּשְׁגָגָהbišəgāgāhIn mistake

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