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 35:5 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 35:530 words
וּמַדֹּתֶםûmadōtemAnd stretch
מִחוּץmiḥûṣFrom separate by a wall
לָעִירlāʿîrTo city
אֶתʾet—
פְּאַתpəʾatMouth
קֵדְמָהqēdəmāhFront
אַלְפַּיִםʾaləpayimThousand
בָּאַמָּהbāʾamāhIn a mother
וְאֶתwəʾet—
פְּאַתpəʾatMouth
נֶגֶבnegevSouth
אַלְפַּיִםʾaləpayimThousand
בָּאַמָּהbāʾamāhIn a mother
וְאֶתwəʾet—
פְּאַתpəʾatMouth
יָםyāmSea
אַלְפַּיִםʾaləpayimThousand
בָּאַמָּהbāʾamāhIn a mother
וְאֵתwəʾēt—
פְּאַתpəʾatMouth
צָפוֹןṣāp̄wōnHidden
אַלְפַּיִםʾaləpayimThousand
בָּאַמָּהbāʾamāhIn a mother
וְהָעִירwəhāʿîrAnd the city
בַּתָּוֶךְbatāweḵəIn bisection
זֶהzehThis
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
לָהֶםlāhemTo
מִגְרְשֵׁיmigərəšêSuburb
הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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