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Numbers 35:28 — King James Version← Study notes

Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.


Numbers 35:28Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 35:2817 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
בְעִירvəʿîrIn city
מִקְלָטוֹmiqəlāṭwōAsylum
יֵשֵׁבyēšēvSit
עַדʿadAs far
מוֹתmwōtDeath
הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating
הַגָּדֹלhagādōlThe great
וְאַחֲרֵיwəʾaḥărêAnd the hind part
מוֹתmwōtDeath
הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating
הַגָּדֹלhagādōlThe great
יָשׁוּבyāšûvTurn
הָרֹצֵחַhārōṣēḥaThe dash
אֶלʾelNear
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
אֲחֻזָּתוֹʾăḥuzātwōSeized
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
בְעִירvəʿîrIn city
מִקְלָטוֹmiqəlāṭwōAsylum
יֵשֵׁבyēšēvSit
עַדʿadAs far
מוֹתmwōtDeath
הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating
הַגָּדֹלhagādōlThe great
וְאַחֲרֵיwəʾaḥărêAnd the hind part
מוֹתmwōtDeath
הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating
הַגָּדֹלhagādōlThe great
יָשׁוּבyāšûvTurn
הָרֹצֵחַhārōṣēḥaThe dash
אֶלʾelNear
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
אֲחֻזָּתוֹʾăḥuzātwōSeized

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