You shall prepareתָּכִיןfor yourselfלְךָthe road,הַדֶּרֶךְand divide into three partsוְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּthe territoryאֶת גְּבוּלof your landאַרְצְךָthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָgives you as an inheritance,יַנְחִילְךָso thatוְהָיָהanyכָּלmanslayerרֹצֵחַmay fleeלָנוּסthere.שָׁמָּה
Deuteronomy 19:3
Study it in the app“You 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 19:3, word by word
- You shall prepareתָּכִיןtachin
prepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “tachin” appears- the roadדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- and divide into three partsשִׁלַּשְׁתָּshilashta
divide in three
To share something out in three equal parts.
Where else “shilashta” appears- the territoryגְּבוּלgevul
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” 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- gives you as an inheritanceיַנְחִילְyanchil
inherit
To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.
Where else “yanchil” appears- so thatהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- manslayerרֹצֵחַrotseach
manslayer
One who caused a death and fled to a city of refuge.
Where else “rotseach” appears- may fleeנוּסnus
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “nus” appears
The context
2you shall set apart for yourself three cities in the midst of your land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you to possess it.
3 · This verse (above)
4And this is the case of the manslayer who flees there and lives: whoever strikes his neighbor without knowing it, and he did not hate him previously,