Numbers 35:15 — King James Version← Study notes
“These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.”
Numbers 35:15 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 35:1516 words
לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וְלַגֵּרwəlagērAnd to guest
וְלַתּוֹשָׁבwəlatwōšāvAnd to dweller
בְּתוֹכָםbətwōḵāmIn bisection
תִּהְיֶינָהtihəyeynāhExist
שֵׁשׁšēšSix
הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
לְמִקְלָטləmiqəlāṭTo asylum
לָנוּסlānûsTo flit
שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere
כָּלkālWhole
מַכֵּהmakēhStrike
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
בִּשְׁגָגָהbišəgāgāhIn mistake
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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