Numbers 35:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.”

Numbers 35:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 35:619 words

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

תִּתְּנוּtitənûGive

לַלְוִיִּםlaləwîmTo Levite

אֵתʾēt—

שֵׁשׁšēšSix

עָרֵיʿārêCity

הַמִּקְלָטhamiqəlāṭThe asylum

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

תִּתְּנוּtitənûGive

לָנֻסlānusTo flit

שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere

הָרֹצֵחַhārōṣēḥaThe dash

וַעֲלֵיהֶםwaʿălêhemAnd above

תִּתְּנוּtitənûGive

אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty

וּשְׁתַּיִםûšətayimAnd two

עִירʿîrCity

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

תִּתְּנוּtitənûGive

לַלְוִיִּםlaləwîmTo Levite

אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

שֵׁשׁšēšSix

עָרֵיʿārêCity

הַמִּקְלָטhamiqəlāṭThe asylum

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

תִּתְּנוּtitənûGive

לָנֻסlānusTo flit

שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere

הָרֹצֵחַhārōṣēḥaThe dash

וַעֲלֵיהֶםwaʿălêhemAnd above

תִּתְּנוּtitənûGive

אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty

וּשְׁתַּיִםûšətayimAnd two

עִירʿîrCity

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