Numbers 35:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.”

Numbers 35:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 35:2117 words

אוֹʾwōDesire

בְאֵיבָהvəʾêvāhIn hostility

הִכָּהוּhikāhûStrike

בְיָדוֹvəyādwōIn hand

וַיָּמֹתwayāmōtAnd die

מוֹתmwōtDie

יוּמַתyûmatDie

הַמַּכֶּהhamakehThe strike

רֹצֵחַrōṣēḥaDash

הוּאhûʾHe

גֹּאֵלgōʾēlRedeem

הַדָּםhadāmThe blood

יָמִיתyāmîtDie

אֶתʾet—

הָרֹצֵחַhārōṣēḥaThe dash

בְּפִגְעוֹbəp̄igəʿwōIn impinge

בוֹvwōIn

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

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