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 35:28 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 35:2817 words
כִּיkîRelative 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
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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