But ifוְכִיthere isיִהְיֶהa manאִישׁwho hatesשֹׂנֵאhis neighbor,לְרֵעֵהוּand lies in waitוְאָרַבfor himלוֹand risesוְקָםagainst himעָלָיוand strikes himוְהִכָּהוּmortallyנֶפֶשׁso that he dies,וָמֵתand he fleesוְנָסto oneאֶל אַחַתof theseהָאֵלcities,הֶעָרִים
Deuteronomy 19:11
Study it in the app“But if there is a man who hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him and rises against him and strikes him mortally so that he dies, and he flees to one of these cities,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 19:11, word by word
- there isיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- who hatesשֹׂנֵאsone
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “sone” appears- his neighborרֵעֵree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- and lies in waitאָרַבarav
lie in wait
Lie in wait: wait in hiding to attack.
Where else “arav” appears- and risesקָםkam
rise against
To rise against someone to attack or confront him.
Where else “kam” appears- and strikes himהִכָּהhika
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “hika” appears- mortallyנֶפֶשׁnefesh
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nefesh” appears- so that he diesמֵתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears- and he fleesנָסnas
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “nas” appears- to oneאַחַתachat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appears- of theseאֵלel
these
These, those.
Where else “el” appears- citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears
The context
10so that innocent blood is not shed in the midst of your land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you as an inheritance, and bloodguilt be on you.
11 · This verse (above)
12the elders of his city shall send and take him from there and hand him over to the avenger of blood, so that he dies.