Numbers 35:25 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.”

Numbers 35:25 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 35:2527 words

וְהִצִּילוּwəhiṣîlûAnd snatch

הָעֵדָהhāʿēdāhThe assemblage

אֶתʾet—

הָרֹצֵחַhārōṣēḥaThe dash

מִיַּדmîdFrom hand

גֹּאֵלgōʾēlRedeem

הַדָּםhadāmThe blood

וְהֵשִׁיבוּwəhēšîvûAnd turn

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

הָעֵדָהhāʿēdāhThe assemblage

אֶלʾelNear

עִירʿîrCity

מִקְלָטוֹmiqəlāṭwōAsylum

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נָסnāsFlit

שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere

וְיָשַׁבwəyāšavAnd sit

בָּהּbāhIn

עַדʿadAs far

מוֹתmwōtDeath

הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating

הַגָּדֹלhagādōlThe great

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

מָשַׁחmāšaḥRub with oil

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

בְּשֶׁמֶןbəšemenIn grease

הַקֹּדֶשׁhaqōdešThe sacred

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְהִצִּילוּwəhiṣîlûAnd snatch

הָעֵדָהhāʿēdāhThe assemblage

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָרֹצֵחַhārōṣēḥaThe dash

מִיַּדmîdFrom hand

גֹּאֵלgōʾēlRedeem

הַדָּםhadāmThe blood

וְהֵשִׁיבוּwəhēšîvûAnd turn

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

הָעֵדָהhāʿēdāhThe assemblage

אֶלʾelNear

עִירʿîrCity

מִקְלָטוֹmiqəlāṭwōAsylum

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נָסnāsFlit

שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere

וְיָשַׁבwəyāšavAnd sit

בָּהּbāhIn

עַדʿadAs far

מוֹתmwōtDeath

הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating

הַגָּדֹלhagādōlThe great

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

מָשַׁחmāšaḥRub with oil

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

בְּשֶׁמֶןbəšemenIn grease

הַקֹּדֶשׁhaqōdešThe sacred

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