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you shall set apartתַּבְדִּילfor yourselfלָךְthreeשָׁלוֹשׁcitiesעָרִיםin the midstבְּתוֹךְof your landאַרְצְךָthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָis givingנֹתֵןyouלְךָto possessלְרִשְׁתָּit.הּ
Deuteronomy 19:2
Study it in the app“you shall set apart for yourself three cities in the midst of your land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you to possess it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 19:2, word by word
- you shall set apartתַּבְדִּילtavdil
separate
Separate, make a distinction between two things; also set something apart for a purpose.
Where else “tavdil” appears- threeשָׁלוֹשׁshalosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appears- citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- in the midstתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of your landאַרְצְarts
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arts” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- is givingנֹתֵןnoten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “noten” appears- to possessרִשְׁתָּrishta
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “rishta” appears
The context
1When YHWH your Elohim cuts off the nations whose land YHWH your Elohim is giving you, and you dispossess them and live in their cities and in their houses,
2 · This verse (above)
3You shall prepare for yourself the road, and divide into three parts the territory of your land that YHWH your Elohim gives you as an inheritance, so that any manslayer may flee there.