Deuteronomy 19:3

“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.”

Deuteronomy 19:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 19:3, word by word

You shall prepareתָּכִיןtachin

prepare

To get something set and done beforehand.

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the roadדֶּרֶךְderech

road

The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.

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and divide into three partsשִׁלַּשְׁתָּshilashta

divide in three

To share something out in three equal parts.

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the territoryגְּבוּלgevul

territory

The land within that border.

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of your landאַרְצְarts

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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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.

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your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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gives you as an inheritanceיַנְחִילְyanchil

inherit

To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.

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so thatהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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manslayerרֹצֵחַrotseach

manslayer

One who caused a death and fled to a city of refuge.

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may fleeנוּסnus

flee

To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.

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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,

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