Numbers 35:8 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.”
Numbers 35:8 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 35:820 words
וְהֶעָרִיםwəheʿārîmAnd the city
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תִּתְּנוּtitənûGive
מֵאֲחֻזַּתmēʾăḥuzatFrom seized
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
מֵאֵתmēʾētFrom nearness
הָרַבhāravThe abundant
תַּרְבּוּtarəbûIncrease
וּמֵאֵתûmēʾēt—
הַמְעַטhaməʿaṭThe little
תַּמְעִיטוּtaməʿîṭûPare
אִישׁʾîšMan
כְּפִיkəp̄îLike mouth
נַחֲלָתוֹnaḥălātwōInherited
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִנְחָלוּyinəḥālûInherit
יִתֵּןyitēnGive
מֵעָרָיוmēʿārāywFrom city
לַלְוִיִּםlaləwîmTo Levite
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