Study it in the app“as when someone goes with his neighbor into the forest to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron head slips off from the wood and strikes his neighbor so that he dies, he may flee to one of these cities and live,”
as whenוַאֲשֶׁרsomeone goesיָבֹאwith his neighborאֶת רֵעֵהוּinto the forestבַיַּעַרto cutלַחְטֹבwood,עֵצִיםand his handוְ יָדוֹswingsנִדְּחָהthe axeבַגַּרְזֶןto cut downלִכְרֹתthe tree,הָעֵץand the iron headוְ הַבַּרְזֶלslips offנָשַׁלfromמִןthe woodהָעֵץand strikesוּמָצָאhis neighborאֶת רֵעֵהוּso that he dies,וָמֵתheהוּאmay fleeיָנוּסto oneאֶל אַחַתof theseהָאֵלֶּהcitiesהֶעָרִיםand live,וָחָי
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearsneighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appearsforest
Land covered with trees, where many grow together.
Where else “yaar” appearschop wood
To chop wood, fell trees.
Where else “chetov” appearswood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “etsim” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearsswing
To swing an axe.
Where else “nidcha” appearsaxe
Axe.
Where else “garzen” appearscut down
To cut a tree or branch with an axe to get timber.
Where else “cherot” appearsiron
Iron; an iron tool.
Where else “barzel” appearsdrop off
Something coming loose: a sandal, an axe-head, a falling olive.
Where else “nashal” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “matsa” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appearsflee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “yanus” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appearslive
Live.
Where else “chay” appears4And 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,
5 · This verse (above)
6so that the avenger of blood does not pursue the manslayer while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally, though he did not deserve a sentence of death, since he did not hate him previously.
