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then your eldersוְ זְקֵנֶיךָand your judgesוְשֹׁפְטֶיךָshall go outיָצְאוּand measureוּמָדְדוּtoאֶלthe citiesהֶעָרִיםthat areאֲשֶׁרaroundסְבִיבֹתthe slain one.הֶחָלָל
Deuteronomy 21:2
Study it in the app“then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure to the cities that are around the slain one.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 21:2, word by word
- then your eldersזְקֵנֶיzekene
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zekene” appears- and your judgesשֹׁפְטֶיshofte
judge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “shofte” appears- shall go outיָצְאוּyatsu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsu” appears- and measureמָדְדוּmaddu
measure
To work out the size or extent of something with a cord, a reed or paces.
Where else “maddu” appears- the citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- aroundסְבִיבֹתsevivot
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivot” appears- the slain oneחָלָלchalal
slain
Someone killed or wounded in war.
Where else “chalal” appears
The context
1If someone slain is found on the ground that YHWH your Elohim is giving you to possess it, lying in the field, and it is not known who struck him,
2 · This verse (above)
3And the city that is nearest to the slain one, the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd that has not been worked and that has not pulled in a yoke.