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Numbers 35:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.


Numbers 35:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 35:530 words
HebrewMeaning
וּ/מַדֹּתֶ֞םwmadōtem
and you will measureconjH4058
mete · stretch self
מִ/ח֣וּץmiḥwṣ
from the outsidepronH2351
field · forth · highway · more ···
לָ/עִ֗ירlāʿiyr
of the citypronH5892
city · court · town
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
פְּאַתpəʾat
the side ofnounH6285
end · quarter · side
קֵ֣דְמָ/הqēdəmāh
east -wardnounH6924
ancient · before · east (end · part ···
אַלְפַּ֪יִםʾaləpayim
two thousandadjH505
בָּֽ/אַמָּ֟הbāʾamāh
by the cubitpronH520
hundred (by exchange for
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
andconjH853
פְּאַתpəʾat
the side ofnounH6285
end · quarter · side
נֶגֶב֩negeb
the southnounH5045
side · -ward)
אַלְפַּ֨יִםʾaləpayim
two thousandadjH505
בָּ/אַמָּ֜הbāʾamāh
by the cubitpronH520
hundred (by exchange for
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
andconjH853
פְּאַתpəʾat
the side ofnounH6285
end · quarter · side
יָ֣םyām
the westnounH3220
) · south · west (-ern · side ···
אַלְפַּ֣יִםʾaləpayim
two thousandadjH505
בָּֽ/אַמָּ֗הbāʾamāh
by the cubitpronH520
hundred (by exchange for
וְ/אֵ֨תwəʾēt
andconjH853
פְּאַ֥תpəʾat
the side ofnounH6285
end · quarter · side
צָפ֛וֹןṣāpwōn
the northnounH6828
side · -ward · wind)
אַלְפַּ֥יִםʾaləpayim
two thousandadjH505
בָּ/אַמָּ֖הbāʾamāh
by the cubitpronH520
hundred (by exchange for
וְ/הָ/עִ֣ירwəhāʿiyr
and the cityconjH5892
city · court · town
בַּ/תָּ֑וֶךְbatāwekə
will be in the middlepronH8432
between · half · (there- · where-) ···
זֶ֚הzeh
thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
יִהְיֶ֣הyihəyeh
it will belongverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לָ/הֶ֔םlāhem
pron
מִגְרְשֵׁ֖יmigərəšēy
the pasture lands ofnounH4054
suburb
הֶ/עָרִֽיםheʿāriym
the citiesparticleH5892
city · court · town
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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