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Thereforeעַל כֵּןIאָנֹכִיam commanding you,מְצַוְּךָsaying,לֵאמֹר“You shall set apartתַּבְדִּילfor yourselfלָךְthreeשָׁלֹשׁcities.”עָרִים
Deuteronomy 19:7
Study it in the app“Therefore I am commanding you, saying, “You shall set apart for yourself three cities.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 19:7, word by word
- am commanding youמְצַוְּmetsav
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “metsav” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “You shall set apartתַּבְדִּילtavdil
separate
Separate, make a distinction between two things; also set something apart for a purpose.
Where else “tavdil” appears- threeשָׁלֹשׁshalosh
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
The context
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.
7 · This verse (above)
8And if YHWH your Elohim enlarges your territory, as he swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land that he promised to give to your fathers,