Study it in the app“so 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.”
so thatפֶּןthe avengerגֹּאֵלof bloodהַדָּםdoes not pursueיִרְדֹּףthe manslayerאַחֲרֵי הָרֹצֵחַwhileכִּיhis heartלְבָבוֹis hot,יֵחַםand overtake him,וְהִשִּׂיגוֹbecauseכִּיthe wayהַדֶּרֶךְis long,יִרְבֶּהand strike himוְהִכָּהוּmortally,נָפֶשׁthough heוְלוֹdid not deserveאֵיןa sentenceמִשְׁפַּטof death,מָוֶתsinceכִּיheהוּאdid notלֹאhateשֹׂנֵאhimלוֹpreviously.מִתְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם
avenger
The relative who paid back the killing of a family member.
Where else “goel” appearsbloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appearspursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “yirdof” appearsmanslayer
One who caused a death and fled to a city of refuge.
Where else “rotseach” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appearsgrow hot
For the body or heart to feel heat, sometimes of anger.
Where else “yecham” appearsovertake
To reach someone who is ahead.
Where else “hisig” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appearsgreatly
Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.
Where else “yirbe” appearsstrike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “hika” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafesh” appearsjudgment
The decision a judge gives on a case.
Where else “mishpat” appearsdeath
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appearshate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “sone” appearsformerly
What was already so in times past, up to now.
Where else “temol” appearsday before yesterday
The day before yesterday; formerly. With "yesterday" it forms the idiom "as before".
Where else “shilshom” appears5as 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,
6 · This verse (above)
7Therefore I am commanding you, saying, “You shall set apart for yourself three cities.”
