Numbers 35:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.”

Numbers 35:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 35:1213 words

וְהָיוּwəhāyûAnd exist

לָכֶםlāḵemTo

הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city

לְמִקְלָטləmiqəlāṭTo asylum

מִגֹּאֵלmigōʾēlFrom redeem

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יָמוּתyāmûtDie

הָרֹצֵחַhārōṣēḥaThe dash

עַדʿadAs far

עָמְדוֹʿāmədwōStand

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

הָעֵדָהhāʿēdāhThe assemblage

לַמִּשְׁפָּטlamišəpāṭTo verdict

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָיוּwəhāyûAnd exist

לָכֶםlāḵemTo

הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city

לְמִקְלָטləmiqəlāṭTo asylum

מִגֹּאֵלmigōʾēlFrom redeem

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יָמוּתyāmûtDie

הָרֹצֵחַhārōṣēḥaThe dash

עַדʿadAs far

עָמְדוֹʿāmədwōStand

לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face

הָעֵדָהhāʿēdāhThe assemblage

לַמִּשְׁפָּטlamišəpāṭTo verdict

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